On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Craig White <craigwhite(a)azapple.com> wrote:
> Not true. The ntfs module could be compiled with write abilities
in
> RH9. It wasn't _reliable_ but it was there, and it didn't use udev.
> udev really doesn't have anything to do with filesystems other than
> potentially triggering a mount command.
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you're right...the ability to mount ntfs r/w was indeed available way
back but the admonitions were clear that by doing so would likely damage
the filesystem. That sort of made a non-option.
I agree with the OP that it probably should mount an internal IDE drive
somewhere other than /media but I suspect that he originally mounted it
as a user and that's where it appears.
The man pages for ntfs-3g and if needed,
http://ntfs-3g.org/support.html
should be all he needs to get it to mount where his heart desires.
Craig
My understanding is that in /media the OS expects to find removable media
such as usb drives. The /mnt mount point is for nfs and local filesystems.
Those mount points are sort of "designated" places for specific filesystems.
Please shed some light if I'm wrong.
~af