NTFS-3g not recognized as a FS type

crash_override_me · 09-25-2007, 01:58 AM

hi all,

i am using ubuntu 7.04 feisty fawn, installed NTFS-3g package just 2 hrs back..
i changed the /etc/fstab entries for NTFS devices this way:

/dev/sda5 /media/win_d ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 0
/dev/sda6 /media/win_e ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 0

now whenever i am booting, the mounting of sda5 and sda6 fails saying the filesystem NTFS-3g unkown, mount failed !

is there anything wrong with my /etc/fstab entries ??

igu · 09-25-2007, 04:50 AM

Probably the driver isn't installed on the root filesystem and you don't have the fstab entries at the end of your /etc/fstab file. This is a common Ubuntu problem.

brianL · 09-25-2007, 04:56 AM

Use Synaptic to install ntfs-3g conf or config (cant remember what it's called), this adds an entry to the System Tools menu, it will write a new fstab file with the correct entries.

wanghao · 09-25-2007, 06:47 AM

i got the same problem that it failed at boot ,
but when i entered the term and write:
ntfs-3g /dev/hda5 /win/c
it works well