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#1 2008-10-04 03:34:26

kaola_linux
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How to mount SATA Ntfs Partitions on Arch Linux

Please help me mounting sata ntfs partitions.

Here is my fdisk -l :

[kaola@ArchHost ~]$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x020e020e                     

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1         371     2980026   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda2   *         372        2803    19535040   83  Linux               
/dev/sda3            2804        6450    29294527+  83  Linux               
/dev/sda4            6451        6463      104422+  83  Linux

Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xd7a23d33

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1               2        5875    47182905    5  Extended
/dev/sdb2   *        5876        9139    26218080    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb5               2        3918    31463271    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb6            3919        5875    15719571    7  HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdc: 4043 MB, 4043308544 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 491 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00050ebd

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdc1               1         491     3943926    b  W95 FAT32

As far as I know, the sata ntfs partitions are those with (sdb#).

I tried mounting one of them but this is what it shows:

[kaola@ArchHost ~]$ sudo mount /dev/sdb6
mount: can't find /dev/sdb6 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

Please help me, this is very annoying compared to ubuntu which does do the job pretty well.  By the way, I'm using kde as my DE.  Dolphin sees the partitions but cant access.

It says:

An error occured while accessing 'Backup2 HD2', the system responded:
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.UnknownFailure: TODO:
have to rethink extra options

Reading some tutorials on ntfs-3g wiki, I've modified my fstab.  Still, I can't read the partitions...Please help me, this is my fstab:

# 
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
#
# <file system>        <dir>         <type>    <options>          <dump> <pass>
none                   /dev/pts      devpts    defaults            0      0
none                   /dev/shm      tmpfs     defaults            0      0


UUID=2167baaa-d1e0-4719-920c-0bc09fa56caa / reiserfs defaults 0 1
UUID=3e2250a0-ac45-458c-ba40-44ddbe8af54d /boot ext2 defaults 0 1
UUID=cbf76343-12cf-4975-9284-3360735be927 /home reiserfs defaults 0 1
UUID=f39da452-efe4-49d0-abd4-bb5246b83b33 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom   auto    ro,user,noauto,unhide   0      0
/dev/dvd /media/dvd   auto    ro,user,noauto,unhide   0      0
UUID=2167baaa-d1e0-4719-920c-0bc09fa56caa / reiserfs defaults 0 1
UUID=3e2250a0-ac45-458c-ba40-44ddbe8af54d /boot ext2 defaults 0 1
UUID=cbf76343-12cf-4975-9284-3360735be927 /home reiserfs defaults 0 1
UUID=f39da452-efe4-49d0-abd4-bb5246b83b33 swap swap defaults 0 0

/dev/sdb1  /mnt/ntfs1   ntfs-3g  users,noauto,uid=1000,gid=100,fmask=0113,dmask=0002,locale=en_US.utf8         0 0
/dev/sdb2  /mnt/ntfs2   ntfs-3g  users,noauto,uid=1000,gid=100,fmask=0113,dmask=0002,locale=en_US.utf8         0 0
/dev/sdb5  /mnt/ntfs3   ntfs-3g  users,noauto,uid=1000,gid=100,fmask=0113,dmask=0002,locale=en_US.utf8         0 0
/dev/sda6  /mnt/ntfs4   ntfs-3g  users,noauto,uid=1000,gid=100,fmask=0113,dmask=0002,locale=en_US.utf8         0 0

Last edited by kaola_linux (2008-10-04 14:51:24)


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#2 2008-10-04 06:53:41

AD28
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Re: How to mount SATA Ntfs Partitions on Arch Linux

For seamless integration similar to Ubuntu:
    Follow this wiki for ntfs-3g installation and fstab configuration.


For basic on-demand support:

# pacman -Sy ntfs-3g

and mount with:

# mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdbX /mnt

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#3 2008-10-04 13:13:05

kaola_linux
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Re: How to mount SATA Ntfs Partitions on Arch Linux

AD28 wrote:

For seamless integration similar to Ubuntu:
    Follow this wiki for ntfs-3g installation and fstab configuration.


For basic on-demand support:

# pacman -Sy ntfs-3g

and mount with:

# mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdbX /mnt

Now that did the trick!!!!! big_smile
A happy Arch Linux user here!!!!hehee

Any idea how to automate this? I want it to be automatically mounted so that it would be easy to transfer files...Pleasssseeeeee.....Thanks


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#4 2008-10-04 16:36:20

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Re: How to mount SATA Ntfs Partitions on Arch Linux

Have you actually read the wiki ?
The process of auto mounting on boot via fstab is detailed there.


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#5 2008-10-04 18:52:41

AD28
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Re: How to mount SATA Ntfs Partitions on Arch Linux

kaola_linux wrote:

Now that did the trick!!!!! big_smile
A happy Arch Linux user here!!!!hehee

Any idea how to automate this? I want it to be automatically mounted so that it would be easy to transfer files...Pleasssseeeeee.....Thanks

Remove the noauto option in fstab if you haven't yet.

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#6 2008-10-05 05:52:21

kaola_linux
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Re: How to mount SATA Ntfs Partitions on Arch Linux

moljac024 wrote:

Have you actually read the wiki ?
The process of auto mounting on boot via fstab is detailed there.

Yup, I've read it and it does not function actually the entries found at my fstab were based on that wiki but still no luck to automount nor mount them manually using dolphin.


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#7 2008-10-06 03:58:30

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Re: How to mount SATA Ntfs Partitions on Arch Linux

A little confused.. I thought earlier you said it was working, just not automating.  Now you say you can't manually mount either?

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#8 2008-10-07 06:11:24

kaola_linux
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Re: How to mount SATA Ntfs Partitions on Arch Linux

AD28 wrote:

A little confused.. I thought earlier you said it was working, just not automating.  Now you say you can't manually mount either?

I mean mounting them on Dolphin, coz the code you'd given was made possible using the terminal...Btw, i reinstalled arch.  I'm now using the kdemod 4.1...Maybe I'll just try solutions from the net for now...Update you soon if i'll be having some problems...^^ thanks alot for your support...I'm just a newbie on linux especially on Arch..hehe


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#9 2008-10-07 15:43:18

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Re: How to mount SATA Ntfs Partitions on Arch Linux

hey ppl, i'm using gnome on my laptop and i'm not sure since when, but i think that with a recent update, i can't see the ntfs partitions in nautilus to automount. Neither in gnome nor kde they appear. Manually i can mount them, i can see them in gparted. They appeared to mount with a click in the side of nautilus, but not anymore... really strange. I even though that the automount system was broken, but my external hd also has a xfs partition and that one appears, the pen drive as fat appears too. Only the ntfs not.

Could it be anything to do with hal update or udev??

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#10 2008-10-07 18:21:57

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Re: How to mount SATA Ntfs Partitions on Arch Linux

Do you have the partition in your fstab ? if so it will not appear on nautilus or dolphin, you should suppress it and let hal handle it,
if it's not that, I don't know, hopi it helps


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#11 2008-10-09 04:49:43

kaola_linux
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Re: How to mount SATA Ntfs Partitions on Arch Linux

My arch linux now automounts ntfs partitions!!!!!!weeee!!!!this is great...I guess it was Hal responsible...The automounted partitions are created on my

/etc/mtab

Making the the mounting of partitions on the fstab made Hal automated the procedures..:D

Solved

Cheers


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#12 2008-10-09 05:31:27

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Re: How to mount SATA Ntfs Partitions on Arch Linux

/dev/sda6  /mnt/ntfs4   ntfs-3g  users,noauto,uid=1000,gid=100,fmask=0113,dmask=0002,locale=en_US.utf8         0 0

is this your fstab like ? it seems should be /dev/sdb6 NOT /dev/sda6

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