Ubuntu newbie, problem accessing harddisks

comradesniper · 03-27-2006, 01:02 PM

Hello
I have just installed Ubuntu, and I am experiencing a problem accessing my old windows haddisks. I need to use these to get to my music collection (one of the reasons I am trying Ubuntu is because of sound support)...

The problem is that I can't access any of these drives. Ubuntu reports the following error when I try to read one of the windows drives:

Quote:

The folder contents could not be displayed.

You do not have the permissions necessary to view the contents of "hdd1".
[OK]

Is this to do with the unusual security measures in Ubuntu, or can't it read NTFS?

syg00 · 03-27-2006, 01:20 PM

Will be mount options in fstab - change them to suit; maybe umask.

angkor · 03-27-2006, 01:24 PM

The info is a bit old, but should still work.

http://ubuntuguide.org/#automountntfs

comradesniper · 03-27-2006, 01:59 PM

When I try to mount the drive now, using sudo mount -a, I get the following error:

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdd5,
missing codepage or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

My fstab looks like this:

Code:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
/dev/hdd7       /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
/dev/hdd1       /media/hdd1     ntfs    defaults        0       0
/dev/sda1       /media/sda1     ntfs    defaults        0       0
/dev/sda6       /media/sda6     reiserfs defaults        0       2
/dev/hdd6       none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/sda5       none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/hda        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
/dev/hdb        /media/cdrom1   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
/dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto  0       0
/dev/hdd5       /media/hdd5  	ntfs    user		 0       0

The one that fails is hdd5. I can't access the other ones either.

aysiu · 03-27-2006, 03:12 PM

Code:

sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab_backup
sudo nano /etc/fstab

Replace your old /etc/fstab with this

Code:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
/dev/hdd7       /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
/dev/hdd1       /media/hdd1     ntfs    nls=utf8,umask=0222        0       0
/dev/sda1       /media/sda1     ntfs    nls=utf8,umask=0222        0       0
/dev/sda6       /media/sda6     reiserfs defaults        0       2
/dev/hdd6       none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/sda5       none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/hda        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
/dev/hdb        /media/cdrom1   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
/dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto  0       0
/dev/hdd5       /media/hdd5  	ntfs    nls=utf8,umask=0222		 0       0

Then save (control-x), confirm (y), and exit (Enter). Reboot.

maury0324 · 03-27-2006, 09:41 PM

Here are notes I made as I learned how to get my backup drive mounted (hdc1) hope they help Notes follow:
Procedure for auto mounting /dev/hdc1 in ubuntu
1-Using Terminal: sudo nautilus and put in password
2-Create a extdrive folder in the media folder
3-Create a link to the extdrive folder and leave it in the media folder
4-save and exit
5- using terminal: sudo gedit and goto etc/fstab and open it
6- add this line to fstab: /dev/hdc1 /media/extdrive ext3 defaults,rw 0 0
Save and exit.and Reboot.
You should see a "extdrive" icon on the desktop and you should be able to access the drive.
Note! New fastab is as fillows

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hda5 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdc1 /media/extdrive ext3 defaults,rw 0 0
/dev/hdd /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/sda /media/usb0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0