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pelo

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Registered: 2008-06-10

Posts: 9

[solved] problems mounting ntfs partition [solved]

Im triyng to mount an NTFS partition with ntfs-3g driver and i get the next message

NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/sdb1': Argumento inválido
The device '/dev/sdb1' doesn't have a valid NTFS.
Maybe you selected the wrong device? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/hda, not /dev/hda1)? Or the other way around?

any suggestion?
my fdisk -l is

# fdisk -l

Disco /dev/sda: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders
Units = cilindros of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xb5024928

Disposit. Inicio    Comienzo      Fin      Bloques  Id  Sistema
/dev/sda1   *           1        2361    18964701    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2            2362       24321   176393700    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5            2362       19044   134006166    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6           19045       19061      136521   83  Linux
/dev/sda7           19062       19584     4200966   83  Linux
/dev/sda8           19585       19846     2104483+  83  Linux
/dev/sda9           19847       21762    15390238+  83  Linux
/dev/sda10          21763       21795      265041   82  Linux swap / Solaris

Disco /dev/sdb: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cilindros of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x97f02eb8

Disposit. Inicio    Comienzo      Fin      Bloques  Id  Sistema
/dev/sdb1           28470       38913    83891430    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sdb2   *           1       28469   228677211    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb5           28470       38913    83891398+   7  HPFS/NTFS

the problem is in /dev/sdb1

                             thanks and sory for my poor english

Last edited by pelo (2008-06-10 04:07:25)

droog

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Registered: 2004-11-18

Posts: 877

Re: [solved] problems mounting ntfs partition [solved]

/dev/sdb1           28470       38913    83891430    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
are you sure its not a vfat partition instead of ntfs?

pelo

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Registered: 2008-06-10

Posts: 9

Re: [solved] problems mounting ntfs partition [solved]

/dev/sdb1           28470       38913    83891430    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
are you sure its not a vfat partition instead of ntfs?

i found the solution
linux recognice me the partition as sdb2 instead of sdb1. I dont know why.
so I repartition the disk with qtparted and solve the name problem

thank droog anyway