[SOLVED, kinda] Extremely weird ntfs issue

dcc24 · 2010-07-25 08:59:42

Here's the problem: I have an NTFS partition where I keep some video files. Browsing that partition in Windows, I can see and access all the files. When I mount it in Linux, however, most files are missing.

Any ideas?

Last edited by dcc24 (2010-07-25 18:40:54)

scarletxfi · 2010-07-25 09:07:01

i had something similar to that.
if you do "ls -l" as root can you see the files? or are they still missing?

graysky · 2010-07-25 09:41:37

Are you using ntfs-3g to mount?

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NTFS-3G

dcc24 · 2010-07-25 18:14:23

@graysky: Yes I'm using ntfs-3g. Here's the relevant fstab entries:

/dev/sda1 /mnt/vistaboot ntfs-3g defaults 0 0
/dev/sda9 /mnt/winortak ntfs-3g defaults 0 0

@scarletxfi: I got a weird error when I try "sudo ls -al":

ls: reading directory .: Input/output error

Any ideas?

dcc24 · 2010-07-25 18:34:32

Umm... I think I solved this, kinda.

First I tried to unmount the disk, but it failed with:

~ sudo umount /dev/sda1
umount: /dev/sda1: device is busy

So, I tried to find what is keeping it busy:

fuser -m /dev/sda1

And it said "/bin/bash" was responsible! Weird, but I closed all my terminals, started urxvt and now I could umount!

At this point mounting manually solved all my problems. I can access the disk with its full content.

Trent · 2010-07-25 20:29:03

The folder was "in use" because it was the working directory of your bash instance. You could have cd'd out of the directory with equally satisfactory results.

dcc24 · 2010-07-25 20:31:27

Trent wrote:

The folder was "in use" because it was the working directory of your bash instance. You could have cd'd out of the directory with equally satisfactory results.

I feel extremely stupid right now.

Still, I have no idea why I had to do this. fstab entries should take care of this, as they always have been.

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#1 2010-07-25 08:59:42

[SOLVED, kinda] Extremely weird ntfs issue

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