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_.:D3jph:._

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[SOLVED] I can't mount my NTFS partion

I just can't mount my NTFS partion, i tried everything, i read http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NTFS_Write_Support thousand times, but nothing. I can see my two NTFS partions in konqueror in system:/media but their unmounted when i right click mount, nothing happens. So i tried to add them to fstab this is how it looks

/dev/sda1  /mnt/windows  ntfs-3g  users,noauto,uid=1000,gid=100,fmask=0113,dmask=0002,locale=en_US.utf8  0 0
/dev/sdb1  /mnt/250Gb   ntfs-3g  users,uid=1000,gid=100,fmask=0113,dmask=0002,locale=en_US.utf8         0 0

when i type $ mount /dev/sdb1 as root nothing happens too. now i just don't know what to try next.

Last edited by _.:D3jph:._ (2008-08-29 07:43:47)

tomk

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Re: [SOLVED] I can't mount my NTFS partion

Look for errors in dmesg.

_.:D3jph:._

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Re: [SOLVED] I can't mount my NTFS partion

I think i managed somehow to mount it by typing mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/windows but just once, and now it don't work again.

i looked and don't see any this is the section that is important(i think )

sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 488397168 512-byte hardware sectors (250059 MB)
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 488397168 512-byte hardware sectors (250059 MB)
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
 sdb: sdb1
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk

Last edited by _.:D3jph:._ (2008-08-25 08:00:24)

zenlord

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Re: [SOLVED] I can't mount my NTFS partion

That's not the relevant section, as it only states that your sdb is found by udev. If you want to know only the relevant section, you should first see what the last output was from dmesg, then do your mount-magic and then look again at the last output by dmesg.

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Re: [SOLVED] I can't mount my NTFS partion

And check that you are using the correct mount command by executing 'type -a mount'.

It should be /bin/mount.

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_.:D3jph:._

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Re: [SOLVED] I can't mount my NTFS partion

i tried to compare dmesg output before mount /dev/sdb1 and after, and the only thing that differ is first line with time, beside that they'r completely the same. also my mount is in /bin/mount here is my dmesg, maybe it can help http://www.mediafire.com/?mouucbj6snw

funkmuscle

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Re: [SOLVED] I can't mount my NTFS partion

If you're using kde4, you have to manually mount the drive now. I have a removable external drive and it mounted fine with kde3 but since kde4, I have to:
sudo ntfs-3g /dev/sdd1 /mnt which creates the drive under /mnt.
command may be off but it's works for me without any -t or other options.

_.:D3jph:._

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Re: [SOLVED] I can't mount my NTFS partion

No i'v been using kde3, but now i solved this, i installed ntfs-config from the aur, tried it and it worked, it just added that UUID lines into my fstab, and after reboot everything was ok.

#Entry for /dev/sdb1 :
UUID=9E78B47078B44933    /mnt/250Gb    ntfs-3g    users,uid=1000,gid=100,fmask=0113,dmask=0002,locale=cs_CZ.utf8    0    0
#Entry for /dev/sda1 :
UUID=AE7884187883DD89    /mnt/windows    ntfs-3g    defaults,users,noauto,locale=cs_CZ.utf8    0    0

funkmuscle

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Re: [SOLVED] I can't mount my NTFS partion

would that work with kde4???

_.:D3jph:._

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Re: [SOLVED] I can't mount my NTFS partion

yeah i have kdemod4

funkmuscle

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Re: [SOLVED] I can't mount my NTFS partion

me too so will try. Thanx _.:D3jph:._

tigrmesh

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Re: [SOLVED] I can't mount my NTFS partion

I'm glad you got this working    Please mark this thread as solved.  Thanks!

funkmuscle

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Re: [SOLVED] I can't mount my NTFS partion

it's not doing what I'm looking for. it doesn't automount....but if I do solve it, how do I mark a thread solved?

tigrmesh

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Re: [SOLVED] I can't mount my NTFS partion

it's not doing what I'm looking for. it doesn't automount....but if I do solve it, how do I mark a thread solved?

That's too bad.  I thought you had it working.

Only the original poster can mark a thread solved.  And they do it by editing the first post.

funkmuscle

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Re: [SOLVED] I can't mount my NTFS partion

I will keep that in mind for any threads I start and solve. thanx tigermesh.
Yeah, I wanted to have my removable ntfs drive automount the way it did with kde3 but since kde4, I can't.
ntfs-config or ntfs-3g mounts it manually but now my wife do it an I'm trying real hard to get her using linux 100%...
I guess I'll have to teach her how to do this manually but then I also put up with the "I just turn on windows and it works!"

This will be fun. thanx guys...hehehehe