NTFS issues

[mpaluszk]

Re: NTFS issues

here's the mtab file. the drive was connected at boot, but was disconnected and reconnected after Kubuntu was running

/dev/hda2 / ext3 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0
proc /proc proc rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev 0 0
/sys /sys sysfs rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev 0 0
varrun /var/run tmpfs rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755 0 0
varlock /var/lock tmpfs rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777 0 0
udev /dev tmpfs rw,mode=0755 0 0
devshm /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0
lrm /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/volatile tmpfs rw 0 0
/dev/hda1 /media/hda1 fuseblk rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,allow_other,blksize=4096 0 0
securityfs /sys/kernel/security securityfs rw 0 0

[Snowhog]

Re: NTFS issues

How is the external USB HD formatted?

[mpaluszk]

Re: NTFS issues

my XP desktop reads it as 73.2 Gb NTFS and the rest unformatted

[Snowhog]

Re: NTFS issues

The initial fdisk -l output only showed two HDs, a 60.0GB (/dev/hda) and a 250.0GB (/dev/sda). Was this USB HD not connected previously? With it connected, what does fdisk -l show?

[mpaluszk]

Re: NTFS issues

my bad, the internal drive is a two partition 60 gig drive, and the external was the 250 gig (partially partitioned). You saw both drives

[mpaluszk]

Re: NTFS issues

fdisk -l now shows (with external drive connected):

Disk /dev/hda: 60.0 GB, 60011642880 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7296 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x1a7e1a7d

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 3187 25599546 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2 3188 7132 31688212+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda3 7133 7296 1317330 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 7133 7296 1317298+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xeef844d8

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 9561 76798701 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 9562 30400 167389267+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 9562 30400 167389236 e W95 FAT16 (LBA)

[Snowhog]

Re: NTFS issues

Assuming this is the only USB HD connected to your PC, and given that /dev/sda5 is a FAT16 partition, you can add the following line to your fstab file:

/dev/sda5 media/sda5 vfat defaults 0 2

after the /dev/sda1 entry. You will need again, to ensure that the mount point /media/sda5 exists. If it does not, then:

sudo mkdir /media/sda5

from the CLI before rebooting (and after modifying the fstab file).

[mpaluszk]

Re: NTFS issues

if the following is my current /etc/fstab file, where do I put the new line:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/hda2
UUID=d2f69159-b8aa-4f43-810f-54c0d05ffc4e / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/hda1
UUID=840C2ABD0C2AA9DE /media/hda1 ntfs-3g defaults 0 2
# /dev/sda1
UUID=C228BE9628BE88C5 /media/sda1 ntfs-3g defaults 0 2
# /dev/hda5
UUID=2dbbb4a4-3057-4998-aa3c-a325fc0833c7 none swap sw 0 0

and for the illiterate, what is CLI (i assume command line)

[Snowhog]

Re: NTFS issues

if the following is my current /etc/fstab file, where do I put the new line:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/hda2
UUID=d2f69159-b8aa-4f43-810f-54c0d05ffc4e / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/hda1
UUID=840C2ABD0C2AA9DE /media/hda1 ntfs-3g defaults 0 2
# /dev/sda1
UUID=C228BE9628BE88C5 /media/sda1 ntfs-3g defaults 0 2
/dev/sda5 media/sda5 vfat defaults 0 2
# /dev/hda5
UUID=2dbbb4a4-3057-4998-aa3c-a325fc0833c7 none swap sw 0 0

and for the illiterate, what is CLI (i assume command line)

[mpaluszk]

Re: NTFS issues

didn't appear to work.

what would the command line code be to explore the drive?

[Snowhog]

Re: NTFS issues

You can try replacing vfat with auto in the added entry.

[mpaluszk]

Re: NTFS issues

no dice. still doesn't see it in dolphin, any command line code to figure out the problem. on reboot, something did show as failed, but I couldn't see what

[Snowhog]

Re: NTFS issues

From a console, type:

tail -50 /var/log/dmesg

Scroll up through the listing (last 50 lines) and see if the 'error' is listed.

[mpaluszk]

Re: NTFS issues

i don't see anything, but maybe i'm missing it

[ 34.860000] wifi0: turboG rates: 6Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54M
bps
[ 34.860000] wifi0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP
[ 34.860000] wifi0: mac 5.9 phy 4.3 radio 4.6
[ 34.860000] wifi0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic
[ 34.860000] wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic
[ 34.860000] wifi0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic
[ 34.860000] wifi0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic
[ 34.860000] wifi0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic
[ 34.860000] wifi0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons
[ 34.888000] wifi0: Atheros 5212: mem=0xd0010000, irq=17
[ 34.892000] Yenta: CardBus bridge found at 0000:02:06.0 [1179:ff10]
[ 34.892000] Yenta: Enabling burst memory read transactions
[ 34.892000] Yenta: Using CSCINT to route CSC interrupts to PCI
[ 34.892000] Yenta: Routing CardBus interrupts to PCI
[ 34.892000] Yenta TI: socket 0000:02:06.0, mfunc 0x01111122, devctl 0x64
[ 34.892000] piix4_smbus 0000:00:14.0: Found 0000:00:14.0 device
[ 35.124000] Yenta: ISA IRQ mask 0x0cf8, PCI irq 16
[ 35.124000] Socket status: 30000006
[ 35.124000] Yenta: Raising subordinate bus# of parent bus (#02) from #02 to #
06
[ 35.124000] pcmcia: parent PCI bridge I/O window: 0xa000 - 0xbfff
[ 35.124000] cs: IO port probe 0xa000-0xbfff: clean.
[ 35.124000] pcmcia: parent PCI bridge Memory window: 0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff
[ 35.124000] pcmcia: parent PCI bridge Memory window: 0x90000000 - 0x9fffffff
[ 35.400000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:14.5[B] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ
17
[ 35.400000] atiixp: codec reset timeout
[ 35.488000] Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 5.9, id: 0xa56eb1, caps: 0x8047
13/0x0
[ 35.488000] synaptics: Toshiba Satellite A65 detected, limiting rate to 40pps
.
[ 35.544000] input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /class/input/input3
[ 35.568000] parport_pc 00:09: reported by Plug and Play ACPI
[ 35.568000] parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, dma 3 [PCSPP,TRISTATE
,COMPAT,ECP,DMA]
[ 35.692000] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 488397168 512-byte hardware sectors (250059 MB)
[ 35.708000] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 35.708000] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 27 00 00 00
[ 35.708000] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 35.780000] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 488397168 512-byte hardware sectors (250059 MB)
[ 35.788000] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 35.788000] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 27 00 00 00
[ 35.788000] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 35.788000] sda: sda1 sda2 < sda5 >
[ 35.852000] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
[ 35.876000] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[ 35.916000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:14.6[B] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 36.008000] cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x3af: excluding 0x300-0x307 0x310-0x317
[ 36.008000] cs: IO port probe 0x3e0-0x4ff: excluding 0x4d0-0x4d7
[ 36.008000] cs: IO port probe 0x820-0x8ff: clean.
[ 36.008000] cs: IO port probe 0xc00-0xcf7: excluding 0xc00-0xc07 0xc10-0xc17 0xc50-0xc57 0xc68-0xc6f 0xcd0-0xcd7
[ 36.016000] cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean.
[ 37.476000] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
[ 37.572000] Adding 1317288k swap on /dev/hda5. Priority:-1 extents:1 across: 1317288k
[ 38.116000] EXT3 FS on hda2, internal journal

[Snowhog]

Re: NTFS issues

Okay. Lets modify the fstab file one more time. Change:

/dev/sda5 media/sda5 vfat defaults 0 2

to

/dev/sda2 media/sda2 vfat defaults 0 2

In a console, check for the mount point sda2:

dir /media

If sda2 is not listed, then type:

sudo mkdir /media/sda2

and then

sudo mount -a

And, yes, CLI stand for Command Line.