Error with Library on Windows partition while running Calibre in Xubuntu linux

[senordustball]

Hello,

Whenever it open calibre under Linux, I get the following error:

calibre, version 1.25.0
ERROR: Failed to create library: Failed to create calibre library at: u'/media/joaquin/D6402D96402D7E7D/Calibre Library'.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/main.py", line 143, in get_library_path
os.makedirs(library_path)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/os.py", line 150, in makedirs
makedirs(head, mode)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/os.py", line 157, in makedirs
mkdir(name, mode)
OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/media/joaquin/D6402D96402D7E7D'


The path to the Library folder is in a windows partition so that might be part of the issue, does anyone know how to fix this error?

Thank you.

[Adoby]

Yes.

Stop using the same calibre library in both Windows from Linux.

It will corrupt the library and may cause you to lose metadata and books.

The reason is that Windows and Linux have different case sensitivity. In Linux "Book.epub" and "book.epub" are two different filenames. In Windows they are identical. This will slowly cause data-rot in the library.

I don't know the exact cause of the error you showed. But it might be related to differences in the filesystems. Perhaps Linux has problems using the ntfs filsystem?

[theducks]

Originally Posted by Adoby

Yes.

Stop using the same calibre library in both Windows from Linux.

It will corrupt the library and may cause you to lose metadata and books.

The reason is that Windows and Linux have different case sensitivity. In Linux "Book.epub" and "book.epub" are two different filenames. In Windows they are identical. This will slowly cause data-rot in the library.

I don't know the exact cause of the error you showed. But it might be related to differences in the filesystems. Perhaps Linux has problems using the ntfs filsystem?

Corruption almost guaranteed: Yes Been there and I am still finding/cleaning remnant files from years ago. Don't go there. If you do, don't come here moaning .

Ubuntu and Mint can deal with LOCAL NTFS just fine (ant least for non-intensive file operations like playing MP3's from the NTFS folder)

[senordustball]

Ok, thanks for the advise, this is a new install so I will make two separate libraries.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by senordustball

Ok, thanks for the advise, this is a new install so I will make two separate libraries.

Better yet, just pick which OS to use to run Calibre and don't use it on the other OS.