problem with ntfs&fat32 partitions

[helen1]

Hi,
I wont to acess to my partitions but Kubuntu say:hal-storage-mount-all-optic refused uid 1000.Can someone help me?What to do?

[Snowhog]

Re: problem with ntfs&fat32 partitions

Always helpful for others, if you identify the version of *ubuntu you are running.

To have rw (read/write) access to NTFS formatted HDs, you need to ensure that the ntfs-3g package is installed. You can, if you wish, install the package ntfs-config instead. This will also install the ntfs-3g package.

The ntfs-config package:

Enable/disable write support for any NTFS devices
This program allow you to easily configure all of your NTFS devices to allow write support via a friendly gui. For that use, it will configure them to use the open source ntfs-3g driver. You'll also be able to easily disable this feature.

Use Adept Manager to install.

[helen1]

Re: problem with ntfs&fat32 partitions

ntfs-3g is installed but problem is still here.What to do?

[Snowhog]

Re: problem with ntfs&fat32 partitions

Open a console and type:

cat /etc/fstab

copy and paste the results in your reply for review.

[helen1]

Re: problem with ntfs&fat32 partitions

Open a console and type:

cat /etc/fstab

copy and paste the results in your reply for review.

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sdb1
UUID=db16e84e-6401-4f07-815c-9e555189a78e / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sdb5
UUID=36cf2f85-c8b5-4050-b8ea-a9ca24795a23 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec 0 0

[Snowhog]

Re: problem with ntfs&amp;fat32 partitions

Well that explains why you cant see/mount your nfts&fat32 partitions - they aren't identified in your fstab file!

Open a console and type:

df -hT & sudo fdisk -l

You will be prompted for your password after the first command lists the output. Enter your password and enter. Copy and paste the results of both listings for review.

[helen1]

Re: problem with ntfs&amp;fat32 partitions

Well that explains why you cant see/mount your nfts&fat32 partitions - they aren't identified in your fstab file!

Open a console and type:

df -hT & sudo fdisk -l

You will be prompted for your password after the first command lists the output. Enter your password and enter. Copy and paste the results of both listings for review.

Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sdb1 ext3 18G 2,2G 15G 13% /
varrun tmpfs 252M 140K 252M 1% /var/run
varlock tmpfs 252M 0 252M 0% /var/lock
udev tmpfs 252M 88K 252M 1% /dev
devshm tmpfs 252M 0 252M 0% /dev/shm
lrm tmpfs 252M 34M 218M 14% /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/volatile
dusan@kubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for dusan:

Disk /dev/sda: 20.4 GB, 20416757760 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2482 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xf1c4ff19

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 2482 19936633+ 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdb: 20.4 GB, 20416757760 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2482 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x307eab8a

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 2373 19061091 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 2374 2482 875542+ 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 2374 2482 875511 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdc: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xb7c33a20

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 27852 223721181+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdc2 27852 30325 19865248 83 Linux
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdc3 30325 30402 614414 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
dusan@kubuntu:~$

[Snowhog]

Re: problem with ntfs&amp;fat32 partitions

Good. So you have three HDs. HD #1 (sda) is a Windows (XP, Vista, ) drive. HD #2 (sdb) is a Linux (whos and what version?) drive. HD #3 (sdc) has both, Windows and Linux partitions.

Is this correct?

[helen1]

Re: problem with ntfs&amp;fat32 partitions

Good. So you have three HDs. HD #1 (sda) is a Windows (XP, Vista, ) drive. HD #2 (sdb) is a Linux (whos and what version?) drive. HD #3 (sdc) has both, Windows and Linux partitions.

Is this correct?

HD#1 is windows xp(ntfs)
HD#2 Kubuntu 7.10
HD#3 Empty linux partitions(ext3 and swap) and the rest is ntfs.

What to do now?

[dibl]

Re: problem with ntfs&amp;fat32 partitions

I think I see 2 swap partitions, one of which is unnecessary/redundant .... but that's not the complaint. :P

The error message closely resembles the famous "missing policy kit" issue that's been going on since Feisty. But it's different in that it includes the "-alloptic" option rather than the more usual "-fixed-mount", which I suppose refers to optical drives. Is that CD ROM drive working OK?

I don't see the NTFS partitions listed in the /etc/fstab file -- that's why they are not automatically being mounted (not sure why it didn't set that up for you during installation). You'll need to make a couple of mount points in the /media directory, and then set them up in /etc/fstab to be mounted.

Perhaps an example will help. I have a USB thumb drive, identified as /dev/sdf1, that is NTFS formatted, and I mount it using its UUID at /media/NTFSTICK. So, here is the line from my /etc/fstab file:

UUID=A8FC3435FC33FC5E /media/NTFSTICK ntfs-3g nouser,defaults,atime,exec,force 0 2

Notice that I got tired of the objections about "unclean filesystem" and used the "force" option to mount it at boot time.

I hope that helps a bit.

[helen1]

Re: problem with ntfs&amp;fat32 partitions

I dont have cd rom drives.They doesnt work so I unplag them.You explanation is too complikated for me.Should I reinstall kubuntu?

[dibl]

Re: problem with ntfs&amp;fat32 partitions

/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 0

This line from your /etc/fstab file is for a CD ROM drive. So, if you unplugged the drive, that may be the cause of the error message. In other words, the error may be caused by the missing CD ROM drive that your system is looking for, and have nothing to do with the NTFS drives.

Sorry -- I didn't mean to make my answer hard.

In your root filesystem is a directory named /media. In a console window, you can make a mount point there for each NTFS partition. You can use any name you want for the mount points, including the ID of the partition that you plan to mount there. For example

sudo mkdir /media/sda

will create a directory/mount point named "sda".

With that done, in your /etc/fstab file you would add a line that looks like the colored one here:


# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sdb1
UUID=db16e84e-6401-4f07-815c-9e555189a78e / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sdb5
UUID=36cf2f85-c8b5-4050-b8ea-a9ca24795a23 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/sda1 /media/sda ntfs-3g nouser,defaults,atime,exec,force 0 2
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec 0 0

Is that a little more clear?

[helen1]

Re: problem with ntfs&amp;fat32 partitions

I wrote in consol:

dusan@kubuntu:~$ sudo mkdir /media/sda
[sudo] password for dusan:
dusan@kubuntu:~$ cd /media

what now,I am stuck.where to type this:/etc/fstab

And where to add this:/dev/sda1 /media/sda ntfs-3g nouser,defaults,atime,exec,force 0 2

[dibl]

Re: problem with ntfs&amp;fat32 partitions

You can edit your /etc/fstab file with Kate.

Press Alt-F2 and in the little window enter

kdesu kate /etc/fstab

It would be wise to make a backup, by "File>Save as" and saving it as fstab.bak, then edit it, then "save as" fstab.

[helen1]

Re: problem with ntfs&amp;fat32 partitions

I done that but on HD with windows xp ther is a message permissions denied.What to do now?