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Notes for 2009-09-30

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  • Now there is a vaccine available for H1N1 flu. Please spread the word. http://bit.ly/3NoW7k #
  • This is an interesting list of Linux software equivalents to Windows. A huge list that would need days to check-out. http://bit.ly/pRqBR #
  • Microsoft attacks Linux at the retail level. I'm not buying into it. If only MS Products were more affordable… http://bit.ly/1OpqI2 #

Notes for 2009-09-28

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How to : Mount an NTFS drive for read-write in Debian Lenny

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Traditionally, Linux users mount NTFS partitions for read-write by first obtaining the libfuse2 and ntfs-3g packages and then manually editing the /etc/fstab file. This process required you to remember several things tedious and there was a risk of making the system non-bootable if the /etc/fstab file was incorrectly written.

Today, I was able to do the same thing with the help of a new module called disk-manage on Debian Lenny and Gnome.

Disk-manager detects, mount new unmounted partitions, including NTFS-partitions in real time without requiring a reboot. Disk-manager  can be also used to set mount point for the partitions.

To install disk-manager:

# apt-get install disk-manager

To start disk-manager

System->Administration->Disk Manager

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