Ubuntu :: Symlink Unavailable Without Touching Target With File Manager
Apr 22, 2011
I have a dual-boot setup with Ubuntu and Windows 7, sharing an NTFS file system.If I create a new folder (called "newfolder") in the root of my Windows 7 partition, with a text file called newtextfile.txt, and then create a symlink in Ubuntu with ln -s /media/S3A8115D003/newfolder.I can then see, read and edit "newtextfile. txt" from Ubuntu, until I log out and reboot.After I reboot, the symlink to newfolder still appears to be there but when I try to access it, I get This link cannot be used, because its target "media/ S3A8115D003/ newfolder" doesn't exist.However, if I first navigate in the file manager to the Windows folder S3A8115D003/ newfolder and view its contents, then the Ubuntu symlink appears to be healed.How can I make the symlink work without first having to touch the target file with the file manager?
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Jun 2, 2010
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if it is possible to copy and paste as a symlink.
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Code:
Jan 26 15:24:58 marconi named[28544]: starting BIND 9.6.1-P2 -u bind
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Also, when I su to user "bind" and run "md5sum /etc/bind/named.conf" (with the symlink in place) it is able to read it just fine. Other users can read it just find. It's the "/usr/sbin/named" program that can't.
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I'm having real issues installing 10.04 to an SSD - I had one SSD fail, and have replaced it with a brand new one, but the 10.04 installer fails at beginning to write files to the disk with this error:
[Errno 30] Read-only file system: '/target/bin'.
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What is happening that is stopping me from installing 10.04 to this drive? I am fairly sure that there is no issue with the SSD (I have two brand new, identical OCZ Vertex II 60gb drives which both encounter this error.)
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Quote:
[playlist]
X-GNOME-Title=Biglist
NumberOfEntries=1823[code].....
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Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
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Example:
I press the power button. The POST test processes and then boots into windows no questions asked, as if it's the only OS on the system.
I want to keep it that way even after Ubuntu is installed.
I want Ubuntu ONLY accessible by using the BIOS boot menu as soon as the PC starts up.
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Apr 11, 2010
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Jul 9, 2011
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As for the first entries, they're unallocated. They're the primary drives, but they don't exist. I'm actually considering to move my partitions out of the extended one, because I only have 3 partitions that I use and will ever use. But if the extended partition is not a problem, I will just keep it this way.
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