Cannot mount ntfs partition

[reiko]

I want to mount my XP partition(NTFS). I tried

#ntfsmount /dev/sda1 /mnt

But some errors are thrown on the console

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.

[devils casper]

Post the contents of /etc/fstab file and output of fdisk -l command here.

[reiko]

Mr.casper I used ntfs-3g to mount ntfs partition but when I use ntfsmount its not workin for me. Any reasons?

[devils casper]

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.

[reiko]

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

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

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

#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

#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

[devils casper]

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.

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

/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.

[reiko]

Hey hey Casper I have chosen /mnt/cdrom to mount dat partition. Now Everything works fine thanks a lot!!!!

[devils casper]

Glad to help you reiko !
Do start a new thread if you have any other question. Have fun with Linux !!!