Error mounting hdd1

[pianomatrix]

I relatively new to Debian. I have a server with several hard drives, but one of the drives is acting up on me. I recently disconnected hdd1 to temporarily connect a DVD drive, but when I connected it back, it wouldn't mount. I checked the /etc/fstab file, and everything seemed fine. I re-mounted it by doing sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/hdd1 /media/maxtor300 in the terminal (maxtor300 is the drive's name). When I type in fdisk -l, it shows the drive. However, every time I boot the system, there's a red line saying Unmount /dev/hdd1 (Maxtor 300) FAILED. What could be the problem?

[devils casper]

I re-mounted it by doing sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/hdd1 /media/maxtor300 in the terminal (maxtor300 is the drive's name).

did that work? if yes, then something wrong in /etc/fstab file. post the contents of /etc/fstab file and output of sudo fdisk -l command.

[pianomatrix]

Remounting didn't work. On my other drives, after mount the system didn't let me into the corresponding folders until I restarted. However, restart seems to unmount the hdd1 drive. So it's a never-ending chain. Here's my fstab:


# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hda5 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdd /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/hdb1 /media/seagate250 ntfs-3g defaults,unmask=0 0 0
/dev/hdc1 /media/seagate250-2 ntfs-3g defaults,unmask=0 0 0
/dev/hdd1 /media/maxtor300 ntfs-3g defaults,unmask=0 0 0

Here's the sudo fdisk -l:


Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 9541 76638051 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 9542 9729 1510110 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 9542 9729 1510078+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/hdb: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 1 30401 244196001 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/hdc: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdc1 1 30401 244196001 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/hdd: 300.0 GB, 300090728448 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 36483 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdd1 1 36483 293049666 7 HPFS/NTFS

Could something be wrong with the hard drive itself?

[devils casper]

did you create mount point? does maxtor300 folder exist in /media.
create new mount point and try to mount partition again.

su
mkdir /media/hdd1
mount -t  ntfs-3g  /dev/hdd1  /media/hdd1 -o defaults,umask=0

check /media/hdd1 folder.

[pianomatrix]

Wow! I just did what you said and it worked. Maybe the maxtor300 folder was cursed or something...
Thanks casper - you saved me twice already. I really appreciate it!