Can't mount NTFS partition using ntfs-3g

mibadt · 2012-02-13 11:16:13

Hi,
I'm on a fully updated Arch-X86_64/KDE.
The System has also a Windows 7 OS using NTFS, on sda, and a prepared mount point at root level names /windows.
Naturally, ntfs-3g is installed.
Yet, when trying as root to mount that partition I get the following error.

# mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda /windows
NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/sda': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/sda' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?

My pre=prepared mounting point

[root@(none) miki]# ls /
bin  boot  dev  etc  home  images  lib  lib64  linux_backup  lost+found  media  mnt  opt  photos_win  proc  root  run  sbin  srv  sys  tmp  usr  var  windows

Please advise

Thanks

Gcool · 2012-02-13 11:30:00

Does /dev/sda contain just one or multiple partitions? Since you're refererring to the disk (/dev/sda) there instead of an actual partition (/dev/sda1 for example).

mibadt · 2012-02-13 11:44:06

Thanks,
Silly me, indeed sda1 solved it, as expected.

karol · 2012-02-13 12:59:33

Please remember to mark the thread as solved.

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#1 2012-02-13 11:16:13

Can't mount NTFS partition using ntfs-3g

#2 2012-02-13 11:30:00

Re: Can't mount NTFS partition using ntfs-3g

#3 2012-02-13 11:44:06

Re: Can't mount NTFS partition using ntfs-3g

#4 2012-02-13 12:59:33

Re: Can't mount NTFS partition using ntfs-3g

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