[SOLVED] Problem mounting NTFS drives

[Colinux]

Hi

I have a problem mounting NTFS drives. I get the following from a mount -s

mount: /dev/sda4 already mounted or /media/sda4 busy
$LogFile indicates unclean shutdown (0, 1)
Failed to mount '/dev/sda1': Operation not supported
Mount is denied because NTFS is marked to be in use. Choose one action:

Choice 1: If you have Windows then disconnect the external devices by
clicking on the 'Safely Remove Hardware' icon in the Windows
taskbar then shutdown Windows cleanly.

Choice 2: If you don't have Windows then you can use the 'force' option for
your own responsibility. For example type on the command line:

mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /media/sda1 -o force

Or add the option to the relevant row in the /etc/fstab file:

/dev/sda1 /media/sda1 ntfs-3g defaults,force 0 0
fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy
FUSE mount point creation failed
Unmounting /dev/sdb1 (New Volume)
fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy
FUSE mount point creation failed
Unmounting /dev/sdb1 (New Volume)


My fstab file looks like this:

<Beginning>

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda2 -- converted during upgrade to edgy
UUID=60d7c57b-329e-4a36-8afa-796989891ba3 / ext3 nouser,defaults,errors=remount-ro,data=writeback,noatime,auto,rw,dev,exec,suid 0 1
# /dev/sda5 -- converted during upgrade to edgy
UUID=1100bf9a-f982-4329-abcd-48f1ab9621cd none swap sw 0 0
/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,atime,noauto,rw,dev,exec,suid 0 0


/dev/sda4 /media/sda4 vfat iocharset=utf8,umask=000,uid=0,gid=0,auto,rw,nouse r 0 0
/dev/sda1 /media/sda1 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0
/dev/sdc1 /media/sdc1 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0
/dev/sdc2 /media/sdc2 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /media/windows ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0

UUID=AC0C7ACD0C7A9256 /media/windows auto nouser,atime,auto,rw,dev,exec,suid 0 0

<End>

fdisk -l gives

Disk /dev/sdc: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xd7f400c6

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 10199 81923436 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdc2 10200 19457 74364885 7 HPFS/NT


Thus far, I've booted into the windows partition and run a chkdsk on all the NTFS drives.
I've ensured that the relevant ntfs packages are loaded.

Thoughts?

[Fintan]

Re: Problem mounting NTFS drives

This is just a thought or a guess, either way you want to see it.

First you might want to edit your fstab and these lines:

/dev/sdb1 /media/windows ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0

UUID=AC0C7ACD0C7A9256 /media/windows auto nouser,atime,auto,rw,dev,exec,suid 0 0

fstab is mounting the same partition (/media/windows) "twice" and each line has different options for the same mount point. This is very confusing for poor old linux

so comment the uuid line out with a # and reboot. This should fix at least one problem.

Then go to k->systen config->advanced->disks&filesystems->administrator mode and edit those ntfs's by right clicking on the relevant partition and unchecking activate at startup and then deactivate them. Reboot and see what happens when you reactivate them (without "activating at start up") and have a look in konqueror /media and try and open your "windows folders".

If everything works you can then set your partition to activate at start up and reboot.

Let us know how it goes

[Colinux]

Solved - Re: Problem mounting NTFS drives

I had to leave the world of Kubuntu for a while due to pressure of work.

Having a look at this now, the problem has been resolved with the release of the latest kernel. All the drives are now recognised correctly.

Regards ...