Unable to mount NTFS volumes in Mandriva 2009 Power Pack_(64-bit)

karthikeya · 01-25-2009, 01:36 AM

I am new to Linux and I am using Mandriva 2009 Power Pack(64-bit). I am not being able to mount NTFS volumes. It shows following error when I try to mount.

"An error occured while accessing 'volume(ntfs)', the system responded:
org.freedesktop.HAL.Device.Volume.PermissionDenied: Device /dev/sda8 is listed in /etc/fstab. Refusing to mount."

r1d3r · 01-25-2009, 01:47 AM

It seems you dont have the mount/unmount permissions on your user account.

So you are trying to mount your "/dev/sda8" partition, you should try that with root.
Open a terminal and type:

Code:

su -c "mount /dev/sda8 /mnt/sda8"

But you have to first create the /mnt/sda8 directory.

karthikeya · 01-26-2009, 01:09 AM

Thank you for your suggestion.
I had the root permissions. I got it mounted using "force"!

r1d3r · 01-27-2009, 12:44 AM

Please post the contents of your "/etc/fstab"file.

karthikeya · 01-28-2009, 03:19 AM

Problem is solved!
Once I force-ably mounted the volumes, from the next reboot they are getting mounted automatically.

jmfa59 · 04-04-2009, 06:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by karthikeya

Thank you for your suggestion.
I had the root permissions. I got it mounted using "force"!

I have the same problem how do you do force mount.
THANKS

karthikeya · 04-05-2009, 12:28 AM

Try this, if your file system is ntfs

mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/hda1 /mnt/dname -o force

baig · 04-05-2009, 12:49 AM

OS= CentOS 5.3

Code:

[root@Wazirkutz ~]# mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 /mnt/C -o force
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
[root@Wazirkutz ~]# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/C 
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
[root@Wazirkutz ~]#

Cheers!!

karthikeya · 04-06-2009, 03:31 AM

It seems you dont have kernel support for ntfs file system type
You may find the solution here

http://www.linux-ntfs.org/