[03:35] <doug__> here jrib
[03:36] <jrib> have you formatted the partition now?
[03:36] <doug__> jrib no
[03:36] <doug__> what i wanna do is just make it a storage unit nothn more
[03:36] <jrib> yes
[03:37] <doug__> give me 5 min ill be running on the live cd
[03:37] <jrib> why?
[03:37] <jrib> ...
[03:45] <ubuntu> lol forgot the #
[03:45] <ubuntu> ok jrib im on live cd
[03:45] <jrib> k, format the ntfs as ext3
[03:46] <ubuntu> wait
[03:46] <ubuntu> now on the real ext3 note i have crucial 76gb data i cant lose or back up
[03:47] <jrib> there's no such thing as crucial data you can't back up.  If it's crucial, you back it up
[03:47] <jrib> is it on the same hard drive?
[03:47] <ubuntu> i cant i have no cd's nor othr drives
[03:47] <ubuntu> yes
[03:48] <ubuntu> its all school and work stuff
[03:48] <jrib> then it's up to you if you want to format the other partition.  Nothing should go wrong, but of course nothing is ever 100%
[03:48] <jrib> s/ever/never
[03:48] <ubuntu> ok so format the ntfs as ext3?
[03:48] <jrib> wait no, ever was right...
[03:49] <jrib> ubuntu: yes
[03:49] <ubuntu> The following operation could not be applied to disk:  Format /dev/sda1 as ext3
[03:50] <doug__> jrib:  i got The following operation could not be applied to disk:  Format /dev/sda1 as ext3
[03:51] <doug__> the format and the mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1 failed
[03:52] <jrib> is it mounted?
[03:52] <doug__> jrib:  lol yea now its done
[03:52] <doug__> jrib  its now ext3
[03:53] <jrib> k
[03:53] <jrib> reboot then
[03:53] <doug__> k brb
[03:53] <doug__> wait jrib do i boot into that one first thn the real one?
[03:53] <jrib> huh?
[03:53] <jrib> boot into your normal install
[03:54] <doug__> ok
[03:57] <doug__> jrib:  ok now how i get read/write to it
[04:00] <jrib> have you managed to add it to your fstab?
[04:00] <doug__> how?
[04:00] <jrib> pastebin the output of 'blkid' and the current contents of your /etc/fstab
[04:00] <jrib> !paste
[04:00] <ubotu> pastebin is a service to post large texts so you don't flood the channel. The Ubuntu pastebin is at http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org (make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the #ubuntu channel topic)
[04:03] <doug__> http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/38639/
[04:03] <jrib> doug__: /etc/fstab is a file, open it with 'gedit /etc/fstab'
[04:04] <doug__> jrib:  http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/38640/
[04:05] <jrib> doug__: you don't have to paste it in both channels
[04:06] <jrib> change line 11 from: UUID=48C45190C451815C /media/sda1 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 1
[04:06] <jrib> to:
[04:06] <jrib> UUID=2665e48d-5f45-4604-8ba7-6fd146a32c85 /media/sda1 ext3 defaults 0 2
[04:07] <doug__> done
[04:07] <doug__> it wont let me save
[04:08] <jrib> oh right, close that and open it with "gksudo gedit /etc/fstab"
[04:08] <doug__> did
[04:08] <doug__> forgot the sudo
[04:08] <doug__> now what i do with it jrib?
[04:09] <jrib> you changed the line?
[04:09] <doug__> yep and saved
[04:09] <jrib> now type 'sudo mount -a' in a terminal
[04:10] <doug__> done and it went to a new line
[04:10] <jrib> now what permissions do you want on it?
[04:10] <doug__> none
[04:11] <doug__> oh i want read/write
[04:11] <doug__> i have non as of now
[04:11] <jrib> with everyone or just your user?
[04:11] <doug__> im only one uses it so me
[04:12] <jrib> do:  sudo chown $USER: /media/sda1
[04:12] <doug__> and how do i make it mount and have read/write auto on bootup
[04:12] <jrib> it already is
[04:13] <doug__> do i have to do sudo chown $USER: /media/sda1 on evry boot?
[04:13] <jrib> no
[04:13] <doug__> jrib:  i put somethng in it and i cant delete it now
[04:14] <jrib> tell me the output of: ls -ld /media/sda1 /media/sda1/*
[04:15] <doug__> drwxr-xr-x 4 doug doug  4096 2007-09-26 09:12 /media/sda1
[04:15] <doug__> drwx------ 2 root root 16384 2007-09-26 08:52 /media/sda1/lost+found
[04:15] <doug__> drwxr-xr-x 2 doug doug 12288 2007-09-23 07:30 /
[04:15] <jrib> did you truncate the output?
[04:15] <doug__> i only did what u told me
[04:16] <doug__> so nope
[04:16] <jrib> is "drwxr-xr-x 2 doug doug 12288 2007-09-23 07:30 /" actually what it said on the last line, check that you copied the entire line
[04:17] <doug__> drwxr-xr-x 2 doug doug 12288 2007-09-23 07:30 /media/sda1/My Pictures
[04:17] <doug__>      is the last line
[04:17] <doug__> sorry must of cut some off
[04:17] <jrib> so you put "My Pictures" in there, correct?
[04:17] <jrib> and you can't delete it?
[04:17] <doug__> yes
[04:17] <doug__> yes
[04:17] <doug__> i was testing it
[04:17] <jrib> what happens when you try?
[04:17] <doug__> nothin
[04:17] <doug__> its not whre i can pick it
[04:17] <jrib> press "reload" in nautilus and try again
[04:17] <doug__> its greyed out
[04:18] <doug__> k brb
[04:18] <doug__> how i do the reload
[04:19] <doug__> all i know how do is reload x with out totaly rebooting
[04:19] <jrib> in the bar, there is an icon with two arrows going around in a circle
[04:19] <jrib> or view -> reload, or ctrl-r
[04:20] <doug__> oh *slaps self on face*
[04:20] <doug__> i thought u ment somethng else
[04:20] <doug__> ok done and done
[04:20] <jrib> so you can delete now?
[04:21] <doug__> thanks jrib
[04:21] <doug__> yep
[04:21] <jrib> no problem
[04:21] <doug__> sorry or the trouble
[04:21] <doug__> for*
[04:21] <jrib> no trouble