[gradsusr] file formats: unix versus windows

[Huddleston, John]

Liping,

Since they are connected via the USB port you can still treat it like a mount.

Use 'sudo blkid' to identify the UUID of the device.

Sudo Edit the /etc/fstab file (make a backup first) and add a line at the bottom similar to your ext lines with a new mount point; however, the device will be ntfs and not ext3 or ext4.

Make a directory of the same name as your mount point.

mount /yourMountPoint

Some people use /media/usb1 to clearly identify it.  Use what you can remember easily.

Unmount it if you are going to disconnect the USB drive.

John Huddleston, PhD
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere

From: gradsusr-bounces at gradsusr.org [mailto:gradsusr-bounces at gradsusr.org] On Behalf Of Liping Liu
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 8:49 AM
To: Grads Users
Subject: Re: [gradsusr] file formats: unix versus windows

John,

Many thanks. I am sorry that I didn't state my problem clearly.

I ran the WRF on a server (Linux), then I downloaded the data files (for GrADs) onto my external hard drive through the network by using windows ftp. Then I deleted those data files on the server.
Now I want to upload the data files onto my own laptop (Linux) to do GRADS analysis. But my external hard drive was formatted in ntfs. When I hook the external hard drive into my laptop through the USB slot, I can see the icon "Passport ... " of the external hard drive. But when I click on the hard drive icon, it pops up an error message window saying "the files are in ntfs... cannot be mounted..." .

If there is no way to upload those ntfs files from the external hard drive to my Linux laptop, please also kindly let me know.

Liping


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From: Huddleston at cira.colostate.edu
To: gradsusr at gradsusr.org
Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 07:12:34 -0700
Subject: Re: [gradsusr] file formats: unix versus windows
Liping

You do not need a dual system. These instructions are for two separate computers on the same network.

You basically mount a ntfs drive from a windows system on your Linux system.

Have one of your IT Admin folks look at my instructions and help you.

John Huddleston, PhD

From: gradsusr-bounces at gradsusr.org [mailto:gradsusr-bounces at gradsusr.org] On Behalf Of Liping Liu
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 2:47 AM
To: Grads Users
Subject: Re: [gradsusr] file formats: unix versus windows

John,

Many thanks! But I don't think my laptop has the dual system, it's only Red Hat Linux.

Liping
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From: Huddleston at cira.colostate.edu
To: gradsusr at gradsusr.org
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 14:16:47 -0700
Subject: Re: [gradsusr] file formats: unix versus windows
Liping

Go on to your windows box, create a user without admin, set an Id/Passwd for it, share the folder (yourShaeName) with your data, and set permissions to allow that new user to have read and write on it.

Go to your Linux box and install smbfs. Under Ubuntu it is 'sudo apt-get install smbfs'

Edit the /etc/fstab file on your Linux box and add a new line
//yourWindowsServerName/YourShareName  /mountDir  cifs   username=Id,password=passwd 0 0

Make the /mountDir directory

Mount /mountDir

The names are not literal here; please change them to whatever you want to name them.

John Huddleston, PhD

From: gradsusr-bounces at gradsusr.org [mailto:gradsusr-bounces at gradsusr.org] On Behalf Of Liping Liu
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 2:37 PM
To: Grads Users
Subject: [gradsusr] file formats: unix versus windows

Hi,
Many thanks, especially to those who answered my previous question about plotting multi-figures into one page.
Another question: I have my harddrive formatted in windows (ntsf), but now I want to download the files into my Linux laptop.
Is there any way to convert the files into the format such that the Linux can read?
Liping
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