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Mount Read Only NTFS Partition in Ubuntu


If you already know which partition it is, just do this:

sudo mkdir /media/

and add this line (edit it first) to your /etc/fstab

/dev/ /media/ ntfs ro,user,umask=0222 0 0
(the ro to force read only, because if for some reason a root tried to write, you will have a damaged hard disk)

with

sudo gedit /etc/fstab

For example... If your Windows ntfs partition is in /dev/hda2, do:

sudo mkdir /media/windows

then....

sudo gedit /etc/fstab

to add this line

/dev/hda2 /media/windows ntfs ro,user,umask=0222 0 0

Now just do

sudo mount -a

to refresh the mounting thing.