Mounting Error

**SolidusSnk** · 01-08-2007

Hi everyone. I am fairly new to Linux and as such I have a few questions.

I have two hard drives; one with Windows XP and one with Suse 10.0.

The Windows drive says "unmounted". So I type

Code:

mount /dev/hdc1

It says,

Code:

Can't find /dev/hdc1 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

I read about fstab here so I add a new line to it that says,

Code:

/dev/hdc1 / ntfs defaults 0 0

It then gives me this error when I try to mount,

Code:

wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc1,
missing codepage or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

I don't know what any of this means, so hopefully someone who does can help. I never edited mtab. Could that be part of the problem?

**devils casper** · 01-08-2007

hi SolidusSnk !

Welcome to the Fourms !

you are not using correct syntax of 'mount' command.

Code:

mount -t  <file system> /dev/<partition>   <mount_point>

check the partitions using 'fdisk -l' command and create mount point.

OR

execute this

Code:

su -
fdisk -l

post output here.

Casper

**SolidusSnk** · 01-08-2007

I ran fdisk -l and here's the result:

**devils casper** · 01-08-2007

execute this

Code:

su -
mkdir /media/win_ntfs
mount -t ntfs /dev/hdc1 /media/win_ntfs

check /media/win_ntfs folder.

Linux doesn't support NTFS write access out of box. for write access, install ntfs-3g package.

log in as root and open /etc/fstab file.
add this line

Code:

/dev/hdc1     /media/win_ntfs    ntfs    defaults, umask=0 0 0

you dont have to mount partitions manually after adding that line. System will mount it at boot up.

Casper

**SolidusSnk** · 01-08-2007

Originally Posted by devils_casper

execute this

Code:

su -
mkdir /media/win_ntfs
mount -t ntfs /dev/hdc1 /media/win_ntfs

check /media/win_ntfs folder.

Linux doesn't support NTFS write access out of box. for write access, install ntfs-3g package.

log in as root and open /etc/fstab file.
add this line

Code:

/dev/hdc1     /media/win_ntfs    ntfs    defaults, umask=0 0 0

you dont have to mount partitions manually after adding that line. System will mount it at boot up.

Casper

Okay, I did all of that and it still gives me the same error,

Code:

wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc1,
missing codepage or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

I installed ntfs-3g and added that fstab line.

**devils casper** · 01-09-2007

are you able to mount it manually in terminal?

Casper

**SolidusSnk** · 01-09-2007

No, but I checked out the ntfs-3g site and they gave me some commands to run. http://www.ntfs-3g.org/.

Typing

Code:

ntfs-3g /dev/hdc1 /media/win_ntfs

does work. It then wanted me to run ntfsfix (I think that's what it was) and it fixed any problems on the partition. I tried to mount it again and it wanted me to force mount it. But I don't know the command for force mounting.

**devils casper** · 01-09-2007

execute this

Code:

mount -t ntfs3g /dev/hdc1  /media/win_ntfs

Casper

**SolidusSnk** · 01-10-2007

This is what I get:

Code:

Volume is scheduled for check.
Please boot into Windows TWICE, or use the 'force' mount option.

I can't boot into Windows. For some reason my computer just restarts whenever I try. I can try connecting the hard drive to a different computer if I can't use the "force mount option".

**weknowtheworld** · 01-10-2007

Try if it works :

Enter
ntfs-3g /dev/hda2 /mnt/windows -o force
or
mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/windows -t ntfs-3g -o force

or put into fstab

/dev/hda2 /mnt/windows ntfs-3g defaults,force 0 0

then use 'mount' the usual way.

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