help needed:Failed to mount partitions

huaihaizi3 · 10-07-2009, 02:55 AM

HI,i have a problem when i want to mount my patrtions of my mobile hard disk normally.
My clien Operating System is rhel5.4 that i installed without the serial number few days ago.
I executed the commands below

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[root@huaihaizi3 ~]# /sbin/fdisk -l

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

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 1305 10482381 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda2 1306 5222 31463302+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda3 5223 10444 41945715 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 10445 10705 2096482+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda5 1306 5222 31463271 b W95 FAT32

Disk /dev/sdb: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 5099 40957686 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2 5100 10198 40957717+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb3 * 10199 14593 35302837+ 7 HPFS/NTFS

and then

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[root@huaihaizi3 ~]# mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1

it showed the errors below

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[root@huaihaizi3 ~]# mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'

Only one method to mount my partitions is to mount by force :

Quote:

[root@huaihaizi3 ~]# sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1 -o force
[root@huaihaizi3 ~]#

Notice:i have installed the package ntfs-3g, Only by this way i can mount my partitions ,what i wanted is to how to configure that can mount my partitions automaticly everytime .
Is there anyone who can come up with a good idea to achieve my goals?
Thanks a lot.
I'm waiting for your reply!:-P:-P:-P

AngTheo789 · 10-07-2009, 03:26 AM

In your failed mounting attempts you didn't define any filesystem at all. I assume that you do not need force if you specify '-t ntfs'. Note that 'ntfs-3g is the name of package that provides the code for mounting NTFS drives, but the filesystem type still remains plain 'ntfs'.

huaihaizi3 · 10-08-2009, 12:05 AM

Thanks a lot
The partitions i want to mount are formatted in form of ntfs,which can work perfect in windows ,i have tried your method ,but the problem is also the same.

John VV · 10-08-2009, 01:34 AM

then add it to your /etc/fstab file
for read/wright

Code:

/dev/sdb1           /mnt/sdb1   ntfs-3g   defaults,umask=000     0 0

did oyu read the man page for mount

Code:

man mount
man fstab

chrism01 · 10-08-2009, 06:50 PM

AFAIK, AngTheo789 is right, the pkg is ntfs-3g (means the one that can write as well as read ntfs), but type spec is just ntfs: http://linux.die.net/man/8/mount

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-t vfstype
The argument following the -t is used to indicate the file system type. The file system types which are currently supported include: adfs, affs, autofs, cifs, coda, coherent, cramfs, debugfs, devpts, efs, ext, ext2, ext3, hfs, hpfs, iso9660, jfs, minix, msdos, ncpfs, nfs, nfs4, ntfs, proc, qnx4, ramfs, reiserfs, romfs, smbfs, sysv, tmpfs, udf, ufs, umsdos, usbfs, vfat, xenix, xfs, xiafs. Note that coherent, sysv and xenix are equivalent and that xenix and coherent will be removed at some point in the future -- use sysv instead. Since kernel version 2.1.21 the types ext and xiafs do not exist anymore. Earlier, usbfs was known as usbdevfs.

huaihaizi3 · 10-09-2009, 12:32 AM

Thanks all for your help.You're kind hearted!
I made it by all of your methods finally.
yeah,it's really an exciting things to get help here.
Wish you all the best and make a higher progress in LINUX skills!