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Hi.
I've linux RedHat 7.1 on the same box as my win2k. I've 2 disks. One
for win2k. One for linux. I've a partition on each of the disks that
are formatted to Fat32 for me to transfer files between both OSes.

Problem is, whenever i copy a file over to my FAT32 partition from my
C: drive [NTFS (win2k)], the file wont appear in my linux unless i
reboot my linux or unmount and mount again. What could be the problem?
I've the same set up on another machine and it works perfectly well. I
just cant figure out what could the problem.

Thanks a bunch!

Quote:> Problem is, whenever i copy a file over to my FAT32 partition from my
> C: drive [NTFS (win2k)], the file wont appear in my linux unless i
> reboot my linux or unmount and mount again. What could be the problem?

Suppose we try copying from your NTFS partition to a Linux-native (like
ext2)?  Does that work?  Or is the behavior the same?

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  In a message on Mon, 05 Nov 2001 07:35:58 -0600, wrote :

MLY> > Problem is, whenever i copy a file over to my FAT32 partition from my
MLY> > C: drive [NTFS (win2k)], the file wont appear in my linux unless i
MLY> > reboot my linux or unmount and mount again. What could be the problem?
MLY>
MLY> Suppose we try copying from your NTFS partition to a Linux-native (like
MLY> ext2)?  Does that work?  Or is the behavior the same?

The NTFS file system support under Linux is somewhat flaky.  I needed to
'convert' an 18 gig disk with a couple of NTFS file systems to Linux,
but had no end of trouble doing it under Linux.  I ended up
transplanting the drive in a 'NT box that has a 30gig disk and then
transferring the data as ZIP files (< 2gig each) over the net back to the
Linux box (after re-formatting the 18 gig disk into several Ext2 file
systems.

I think the original poster needs to boot up win2k and transfer the
files from NTFS to FAT, then reboot into Linux to access the files.

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Quote:> The NTFS file system support under Linux is somewhat flaky.  I needed to

NTFS "read-only" support is actually quite good - and "read-write" is
getting much better.

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MLY> > The NTFS file system support under Linux is somewhat flaky.  I needed to
MLY>
MLY> NTFS "read-only" support is actually quite good - and "read-write" is
MLY> getting much better.

I had only trouble...  RedHat 6.2, kernel 2.2.16-3.

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Quote:> MLY> NTFS "read-only" support is actually quite good - and "read-write" is
> MLY> getting much better.

> I had only trouble...  RedHat 6.2, kernel 2.2.16-3.

2.2.16... Yeah.. I could see how.

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Hi all,

My question was more related to Fat32 than NTFS. I just couldnt figure
out till today(!) why I need to mount unmount to get the files display
in Linux under the Fat32 partition. Could someone shed some light
please?

Also, where can I get any utility to read/write NTFS from Linux?

Thanks.

???
It's the same for all partition stuff related under linux/Unix !
If you want your partition to be mounted at boot time, add auto in the
option in /etc/fstab

Quote:> Also, where can I get any utility to read/write NTFS from Linux?

you want to trash your NTFS partition ?
search for NTFS on http://freshmeat.net

Note : thx for windows to privide us a easy to accdes Linux/other OS
filesystem/win NT/2k NTFS ( if you use win9x ) !
oh sh..., they don't provide this !

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Quote:> Hi all,

> My question was more related to Fat32 than NTFS. I just couldnt figure
> out till today(!) why I need to mount unmount to get the files display
> in Linux under the Fat32 partition. Could someone shed some light
> please?

> Also, where can I get any utility to read/write NTFS from Linux?

How is the partitioning table of the affected drive?

At least in such a case where the FAT32 is a logical drive inside a wrong
type extended partition, it is not mountable.

If the FAT32 is a logical drive (partitions from 5 up), check that the
enclosing extended partition type is 0x0f.

Tauno Voipio