Unlock NTFS write support in SL (updated on 04/10/09)

Snow · #1 09-13-2009, 03:29 PM

Update 04/10/09

Slic posted a (hopefully) proper solution for enabling read/write support in SL so I'm pasting his info here

Quote:

How to enable built-in support for writing to NTFS, once and forever.

1. Open terminal and type this command:

Code:

sudo mv /sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs.orig

2. Then open file mount_ntfs with nano editor by typing this command:

Code:

sudo nano /sbin/mount_ntfs

3. Now enter (copy/paste) these 2 lines of text:

Code:

#!/bin/sh /sbin/mount_ntfs.orig -o rw "$@"

4. Press Control + X then Y and Enter for Exit and Save!

5. Type these 2 commands:

Code:

sudo chown root:wheel /sbin/mount_ntfs sudo chmod 755 /sbin/mount_ntfs

Credit to Slic!

Update 03/10/09

I've been using a combination of MacFuse & NTFS-3G lately because the below method seems unstable. Besides the disk check at windows boot it seems to work properly.

This info is used from another forum (and edited by me):

- Open Diskutility, right click windows drive you want write support for and select information, then copy the UUID string

- Open Terminal.app
- Type

Code:

sudo nano /etc/fstab

- Type in

Code:

UUID=paste_the_uuid_here none ntfs rw

- Repeat for other NTFS partitions.
- Save the file (CTRL + O) name it "fstab" confirm with enter, close (CTRL + X) and restart your system (sudo reboot)

After reboot, NTFS partitions should natively have read and write support. This works in both 32 and 64-bit kernels. Support is quite good and fast, it even recognizes file attributes such as hidden files.