Cannot mount ntfs partition

01-09-2008	#1 (permalink)
reiko Linux Newbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 105	Cannot mount ntfs partition I want to mount my XP partition(NTFS). I tried Code: #ntfsmount /dev/sda1 /mnt But some errors are thrown on the console Code: fuse: unknown option "USER = root" fuse_new failed umounting /dev/sda1 () Now how can i resolve this problem to mount my ntfs partition in rw mode.

01-09-2008	#2 (permalink)
devils casper Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chandigarh, India Posts: 21,081	Post the contents of /etc/fstab file and output of fdisk -l command here. __________________ It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. - Gertrude Stein New Users: Read This First

01-09-2008	#3 (permalink)
reiko Linux Newbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 105	Mr.casper I used ntfs-3g to mount ntfs partition but when I use ntfsmount its not workin for me. Any reasons?

01-09-2008	#4 (permalink)
devils casper Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chandigarh, India Posts: 21,081	How did you mount partition using ntfs-3g? Post exact command here. You should pass default options with ntfsmount command too. I would suggest you to edit /etc/fstab to set NTFS automount at boot up. Setting umask=0 will allow read/write access to all users. __________________ It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. - Gertrude Stein New Users: Read This First

01-09-2008

#5 (permalink)

reiko

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This is what I used to mount ntfs using ntfs-3g

Code:

#ntfs-3g /dev/sda6 /mnt/cdrom

and this is the content of mount command when i executed it

Code:

#mount
/dev/sda8 on / type ext3 (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw)
none on /dev type ramfs (rw)
none on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/sda1 on /mnt/windows type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,allow_other,blksize=4096)
/dev/sda6 on /mnt/cdrom type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,allow_other,blksize=4096)

this the output of fdisk -l

Code:

#fdisk -l /dev/sda


Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80060424192 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9733 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x340b340a

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1        1275    10241406    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2   *        1276        1299      192780   83  Linux
/dev/sda3            1300        8176    55239502+   f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5            1300        2829    12289693+  83  Linux
/dev/sda6            2830        5379    20482843+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda7            5380        7203    14651248+  83  Linux
/dev/sda8            7204        8176     7815591   83  Linux

01-09-2008	#6 (permalink)
devils casper Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chandigarh, India Posts: 21,081	Something is wrong in /etc/fstab file. Its mounting /dev/sda6 partition at /dev/cdrom. Log in as root and create mount point (folder) for /dev/sda6 partition. Code: mkdir /Windows_d Open /etc/fstab file in your fav text editor. Edit /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda6 lines. Those lines should be like this Code: /dev/sda1 /Windows ntfs-3g defaults,umask=0 0 0 /dev/sda6 /Windows_d ntfs-3g defaults,umask=0 0 0 Save file and execute mount -a command Or reboot machine. Check /Windows and /Windows_d folders. You wont have to execute ntfs-3g command again. __________________ It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. - Gertrude Stein New Users: Read This First

01-09-2008	#7 (permalink)
reiko Linux Newbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 105	Hey hey Casper I have chosen /mnt/cdrom to mount dat partition. Now Everything works fine thanks a lot!!!!

01-09-2008	#8 (permalink)
devils casper Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chandigarh, India Posts: 21,081	Glad to help you reiko ! Do start a new thread if you have any other question. Have fun with Linux !!! __________________ It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. - Gertrude Stein New Users: Read This First

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