Unable to access ntfs directory

[ahurd]

The device/dev/sda2 is formatted ntfs. I would like to view contents and copy files to ext3 directory. When I click on /media/sda2 where it is mounted in Krusader, I get: Could not mount device. Reported error was: Mount: according to mtab, /dev/sda2 is already mounted on /media/sda2. When I click off error message only .. shows up in contents. How do I access this partition?

[dibl]

Re: Unable to access ntfs directory

What is at /media/sda2?

[ahurd]

Re: Unable to access ntfs directory

What do you mean?

[dibl]

Re: Unable to access ntfs directory

Your error message says the device is already mounted at /media/sda2. I just wondering whether it actually is. You are looking for it at /dev/sda2. Try looking at /media/sda2 and see if there is a drive mounted there.

BTW, if that happens to be a USB drive, it might help to review this:

http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3084679.0

It's slightly dated (ntfs-3g is installed by default now, I think) but the concepts are completely valid.

[ahurd]

Re: Unable to access ntfs directory

As I explained, I clicked on (looked at) /media/sda2 and found nothing!

[ahurd]

Re: Unable to access ntfs directory

More info. I entered command sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda2 /mnt/sda2 and I get
mount: according to mtab, /dev/sda2 is already mounted on /mnt/sda2. I get same when /mnt/sda2 is replaced by other directories where I have tried to mount. Amazing thing is that I looked into mtab with text editor kate and it was empty!

[Gediminas2]

Re: Unable to access ntfs directory

try

sudo umount /dev/sda2

might help

[dibl]

Re: Unable to access ntfs directory

sudo fdisk -lu

will show all connected block devices

sudo blkid

will show their ID numbers, labels (if any), UUID, and filesystem type

mount

will show devices and their mount points, filesystem types, and mount points.

Gediminas2 is probably correct -- it appears there are two mount points for /dev/sda2, so one of them needs to be removed.

[ahurd]

Re: Unable to access ntfs directory

Here are results of three commands:
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xe0472aba

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 63 30716279 15358108+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 51199155 378876959 163838902+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 378876960 418878809 20000925 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 418878810 863300969 222211080 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 418878873 422878994 2000061 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 422879058 463844744 20482843+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 463844808 515140289 25647741 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 515140353 638021474 61440561 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 638021538 740419784 51199123+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda10 740419848 863300969 61440561 83 Linux
albert@ALBERT-desktop:~$ sudo blkid
/dev/sda1: UUID="2A740A75740A4453" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda2: UUID="8078DFDB78DFCDD2" LABEL="New Volume" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda3: UUID="75d68503-f397-41fd-9b39-809b08970759" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sda5: TYPE="swap" UUID="7185a6fc-e27d-4411-ab1f-49054367b077"
/dev/sda6: UUID="8e8e0e2a-f329-4122-986a-112ccb09295c" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sda7: UUID="69a1945d-45fd-4fad-b63b-27e23403eb90" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sda8: UUID="8d30d637-6575-4440-8dfd-5ec745012fe9" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sda9: UUID="98dea409-159c-46c3-a1ee-b814cd018343" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sda10: UUID="a0fd5a7c-4ac8-4c52-869a-c7be8f25b4a7" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
albert@ALBERT-desktop:~$ mount
rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec)
none on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
/dev/disk/by-uuid/75d68503-f397-41fd-9b39-809b08970759 on / type ext3 (rw,data=ordered)
/dev/disk/by-uuid/75d68503-f397-41fd-9b39-809b08970759 on /dev/.static/dev type ext3 (rw,data=ordered)
tmpfs on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec)
tmpfs on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
tmpfs on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec)
tmpfs on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec)
/dev/sda8 on /home type ext3 (rw,data=ordered)
/dev/sda10 on /media/sda10 type ext3 (rw,data=ordered)
/dev/sda6 on /media/sda6 type ext3 (rw,data=ordered)
/dev/sda7 on /media/sda7 type ext3 (rw,data=ordered)
/dev/sda9 on /media/sda9 type ext3 (rw,data=ordered)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
nfsd on /proc/fs/nfsd type nfsd (rw)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec)

Hope this helps.

[dibl]

Re: Unable to access ntfs directory

Yes, it does. The output of the "mount" command proves that /dev/sda2 is not mounted at all.

Apparently you already have a mount point established at /media/sda2. So, try this, in a console window:

sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda2 /media/sda2

If it gives no error output, then your NTFS drive will be mounted, and you can go to /media/sda2 with Dolphin or Konqueror and browse your files. If you get an error ouput, post it and maybe that will reveal something.

If you lack the ntfs-3g package, you can get that with

sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g

[ahurd]

Re: Unable to access ntfs directory

Here is message: mount: according to mtab, /dev/sda2 is already mounted on /media/sda2. This is same as I was getting before. I look in mtab with Kate and it is empty! What gives?

[toad]

Re: Unable to access ntfs directory

Okay, start again - when mounting stuff we need to know 1) mount points and 2) rights.

For 1) could you please post your fstab - open a console and type:

cat /etc/fstab

dibl has already asked for the other stuff necessary.

For 2) could you please go into you media directory on the command line and type

ls -la

Again, please post the output. In particular, and if possible, only the line relating to the directory to which you are mounting your ntfs partition.

[ahurd]

Re: Unable to access ntfs directory

toad, here it is:

albert@ALBERT-desktop:~$ cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda3
UUID=75d68503-f397-41fd-9b39-809b08970759 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sda8
UUID=8d30d637-6575-4440-8dfd-5ec745012fe9 /home ext3 defaults 0 2
# /dev/sda1
UUID=2A740A75740A4453 /media/sda1 ntfs ro,umask=0222, 0 0
# /dev/sda10
UUID=a0fd5a7c-4ac8-4c52-869a-c7be8f25b4a7 /media/sda10 ext3 defaults 0 2
# /dev/sda2
UUID=8078DFDB78DFCDD2 /media/sda2 ntfs defaults,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
# /dev/sda6
UUID=8e8e0e2a-f329-4122-986a-112ccb09295c /media/sda6 ext3 defaults 0 2
# /dev/sda7
UUID=69a1945d-45fd-4fad-b63b-27e23403eb90 /media/sda7 ext3 defaults 0 2
# /dev/sda9
UUID=98dea409-159c-46c3-a1ee-b814cd018343 /media/sda9 ext3 defaults 0 2
# /dev/sda5
UUID=7185a6fc-e27d-4411-ab1f-49054367b077 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
albert@ALBERT-desktop:~$ ls -la
total 43224
drwxr-xr-x 38 albert albert 4096 2008-06-12 08:11 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 2008-03-31 11:07 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22339 2008-04-24 14:44 2007-Albert-2.ods
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21776 2008-04-11 11:03 2007-Albert.ods
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26908 2008-04-24 18:57 2007-Louise-2.ods
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25345 2008-04-09 13:48 2007-Louise.ods
-rw-r--r-- 1 albert albert 65 2008-05-27 10:51 8.04_md5sum
-rw-r--r-- 1 albert albert 19018 2008-04-24 12:24 acb.ods
drwx------ 3 albert albert 4096 2008-03-25 22:01 .adobe
-rw-r--r-- 1 albert albert 28951 2008-05-14 11:07 arles.odt
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2008-04-13 20:42 Backup
-rw------- 1 albert albert 3406 2008-06-11 21:07 .bash_history
-rw-r--r-- 1 albert albert 220 2008-03-22 11:09 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r-- 1 albert albert 2298 2008-03-22 11:09 .bashrc
drwxr-xr-x 2 albert albert 4096 2008-03-29 10:05 bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9925 2008-04-06 15:19 capital gains-template.ods
drwxr-xr-x 4 albert albert 4096 2008-03-25 14:58 .config
drwx------ 2 albert albert 4096 2008-05-31 09:08 .cups
drwx------ 3 albert albert 4096 2008-03-23 20:43 .dbus
-rw-r--r-- 1 albert albert 61 2008-06-11 21:09 .DCOPserver_ALBERT-desktop__0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 albert albert 42 2008-06-11 21:09 .DCOPserver_ALBERT-desktop_:0 -> /home/albert/.DCOPserver_ALBERT-desktop__0
drwx------ 2 albert albert 4096 2008-06-10 18:33 Desktop
-rw------- 1 albert albert 26 2008-03-22 18:22 .dmrc
drwxr-xr-x 2 albert albert 4096 2008-03-29 08:55 .fontconfig
-rw-r--r-- 1 albert albert 74743 2008-05-08 16:17 gauguin.odm
drwx------ 3 albert albert 4096 2008-06-12 09:13 .gconf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-03-28 18:29 .gconfd
-rw-r----- 1 albert albert 0 2008-06-11 13:41 .gksu.lock
drwxr-xr-x 3 albert albert 4096 2008-06-10 18:34 .gnome
drwx------ 4 albert albert 4096 2008-06-10 21:25 .gnome2
drwx------ 2 albert albert 4096 2008-03-23 16:21 .gnome2_private
-rw-r--r-- 1 albert albert 251221 2008-04-18 16:21 gorilla
-rw-r--r-- 1 albert albert 96 2008-04-19 18:18 .gorillarc
-rw-r--r-- 1 albert albert 25509 2008-03-23 11:09 .gtk_qt_engine_rc
-rw-r--r-- 1 albert albert 285 2008-03-22 18:22 .gtkrc-2.0-kde
drwxr----- 2 albert albert 4096 2008-05-26 15:50 .hplip
-rw------- 1 albert albert 205 2008-06-11 21:09 .ICEauthority
drwxr-xr-x 4 albert albert 4096 2008-03-29 11:10 .ies4linux
drwxr-xr-x 7 albert albert 4096 2007-11-25 22:28 ies4linux-2.99.0.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 albert albert 332341 2008-02-06 01:49 ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 albert albert 332341 2008-02-06 01:49 ies4linux-latest.tar.gz.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 albert albert 32913 2008-03-05 09:35 installed-software.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 albert albert 3612 2008-05-29 18:14 Install tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 albert albert 4096 2008-03-05 12:11 .inter
-rw-r--r-- 1 albert albert 20080 2008-04-23 15:28 InterestCalculation.ods
drwxr-xr-x 3 albert albert 4096 2008-03-29 08:55 .java
drwx------ 6 albert albert 4096 2008-03-23 21:35 .kde
drwxr-xr-x 3 albert albert 4096 2008-03-30 15:37 .kpackage
drwx------ 3 albert albert 4096 2008-03-22 18:22 .local
drwx------ 3 albert albert 4096 2008-03-23 21:40 .macromedia
drwxr-xr-x 4 albert albert 4096 2008-03-25 09:19 .mcop
-rw------- 1 albert albert 31 2008-06-04 15:32 .mcoprc
-rw-r--r-- 1 albert albert 65 2008-05-27 11:14 md5sum
drwx------ 4 albert albert 4096 2008-03-31 11:12 .mozilla
drwx------ 3 albert albert 4096 2008-04-01 11:32 .mozilla-thunderbird
drwxr-xr-x 2 albert albert 4096 2008-04-20 21:19 .mplayer
drwxr-xr-x 3 albert albert 4096 2008-06-10 18:34 .nautilus
drwx------ 3 albert albert 4096 2008-06-05 10:07 .openoffice.org2
-rw-r--r-- 1 albert albert 2762 2008-06-12 08:11 partition-info.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 albert albert 566 2008-03-22 11:09 .profile
drwxr-xr-x 2 albert albert 4096 2008-06-11 21:09 .qt
-rw------- 1 albert albert 4484 2008-06-03 09:56 .recently-used
-rw-r--r-- 1 albert albert 800 2008-06-10 21:25 .recently-used.xbel
-rw-r--r-- 1 albert albert 0 2008-03-22 20:47 .sudo_as_admin_successful
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-04-11 11:25 Taxes
-rwxrwxrwx 1 albert albert 2180434 2008-04-19 17:04 tclkit
-rw-r--r-- 1 albert albert 2516480 2008-05-21 20:01 test.doc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1165023 2008-05-21 19:57 test.txt
drwx------ 4 albert albert 4096 2008-03-23 20:17 .thumbnails
-rwxr-xr-x 1 albert albert 11009536 2008-05-20 20:52 vincent-ed-sp-2.doc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3712699 2008-05-21 19:26 vincent-ed-sp-2.odt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 albert albert 1134487 2008-05-21 22:29 vincent-ed-sp-2.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 albert albert 20639232 2008-05-21 09:10 vincent-final.doc
drwxr-xr-x 4 albert albert 4096 2008-06-05 09:48 .VirtualBox
drwx------ 3 albert albert 4096 2008-03-28 17:24 .Virtualbox
drwxr-xr-x 3 albert albert 4096 2008-04-02 09:55 .vlc
drwxr-xr-x 4 albert albert 4096 2008-06-10 21:26 .wine
-rw------- 1 albert albert 59 2008-06-11 21:09 .Xauthority
drwxr-xr-x 2 albert albert 4096 2008-03-23 20:17 .xine
-rw------- 1 albert albert 316708 2008-06-12 09:13 .xsession-errors

[ahurd]

Re: Unable to access ntfs directory

I kept saying that mtab was empty, which it appeared to be when I tried to view it with kate, but I just did a cat and got following, which may help:

albert@ALBERT-desktop:~$ cat /etc/mtab
rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0
none /sys sysfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0
none /proc proc rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0
udev /dev tmpfs rw 0 0
fusectl /sys/fs/fuse/connections fusectl rw 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/75d68503-f397-41fd-9b39-809b08970759 / ext3 rw,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/75d68503-f397-41fd-9b39-809b08970759 /dev/.static/dev ext3 rw,data=ordered 0 0
tmpfs /var/run tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0
tmpfs /var/lock tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw 0 0
tmpfs /var/run tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0
tmpfs /var/lock tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0
/dev/sda8 /home ext3 rw,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sda10 /media/sda10 ext3 rw,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sda6 /media/sda6 ext3 rw,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sda7 /media/sda7 ext3 rw,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sda9 /media/sda9 ext3 rw,data=ordered 0 0
securityfs /sys/kernel/security securityfs rw 0 0
nfsd /proc/fs/nfsd nfsd rw 0 0
binfmt_misc /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0

[toad]

Re: Unable to access ntfs directory

Your ls -la command was done for your home directory...

Could you repeat for /media