I use a dual-boot (Windows XP on a 200Go NTFS Hard Drive and Xubuntu 8.10 on a second hard drive). All the softwares (firefox, transmission, AbiWord,etc...) can find and write on the NTFS hard drive. But it does not appear in the Thunar browser. The NTFS hard drive is /dev/sda1 (see below) : ------------------------------------------------------------------- ~$ sudo fdisk -l Disque /dev/sda: 203.9 Go, 203928109056 octets 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24792 cylinders Units = cylindres of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Identifiant disque: 0x0f2f0f2e Périphérique Amorce Début Fin Blocs Id Système /dev/sda1 * 1 24791 199133676 7 HPFS/NTFS Disque /dev/sdb: 160.0 Go, 160041885696 octets 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders Units = cylindres of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Identifiant disque: 0x3ce73ce6 Périphérique Amorce Début Fin Blocs Id Système /dev/sdb1 1 19270 154786243+ 83 Linux /dev/sdb2 19271 19457 1502077+ 5 Extended /dev/sdb5 19271 19457 1502046 82 Linux swap / Solaris Disque /dev/sdc: 160.0 Go, 160041885696 octets 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders Units = cylindres of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Identifiant disque: 0xa5340a1f Périphérique Amorce Début Fin Blocs Id Système /dev/sdc1 1 19457 156288321 7 HPFS/NTFS ------------------------------------------------------------------- also, th emount command failed.
You have to mount the drive in a directory (for example /media/windowxp). Thunar does not show non-removable drives in the side pane.
Why can't it show them? Most other software shows ntfs non removable partitions in side panel (nautilus, dolphin, gtk file chooser). It is useful when you've got windows on the same machine.
(In reply to comment #2) > Why can't it show them? Most other software shows ntfs non removable partitions > in side panel (nautilus, dolphin, gtk file chooser). It is useful when you've > got windows on the same machine. Yes, it's useful. Developers could add an option for it. You can set your partition to /etc/fstab if you frequently use it.
(In reply to comment #3) > You can set your > partition to /etc/fstab if you frequently use it. The point is not to have it accessible, thats easy, the point is to have quick access to it in file manager, without going through /mnt/something.
(In reply to comment #4) > (In reply to comment #3) > > You can set your > > partition to /etc/fstab if you frequently use it. > > The point is not to have it accessible, thats easy, the point is to have quick > access to it in file manager, without going through /mnt/something. You can add it to shortcuts(on the left. Also you can make a symlink like "/win/X".
Thunar should allow (as an option) showing the mount points set in /etc/mtab and /etc/fstab in the side panel. Even the GTK file chooser shows them. New users will be very confused if there's no way to directly acces their partitions.
Thunar aims at only displaying volumes that a user has control over. We don't want system partitions to pop up in the side pane as this often is something the user does not understand. There is a bug in GIO, I think, where it doesn't understand that some partitions in /etc/fstab can be mounted/unmounted by the active user. If this was fixed, Thunar would pick up those partitions. The partitions displayed in the GTK+ file chooser are not very useful. This is what I have there: 50 GB Filesystem 5.0 GB Filesystem 10 GB Filesystem 80 GB Filesystem Now what is what here? If I click on 50 GB Filesystem, where will it take me? It's confusing and we try to avoid confusing information in Thunar. So, I am marking this bug as wontfix. What you can do (and what is much more useful) is to create bookmarks for your partitions. I have separate partitions mounted e.g. in $HOME/Music and $HOME/Virtual, so I can add bookmarks for those folders instead of guessing which "XY GB Filesystem" I have to click on. Please consider doing the same instead of seeing the current situation as a bug.