I'm really not sure why no one here is helping me at all..it's a bit sad to see such a nice forum and get no help from it at all. But to those of you who find your way here, having the same trouble i did, try doing the following to cure it..
In the terminal, type the following..
...and then...
..this will print out information similar to this..
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[root@wvc32352rh ~]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev c1)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a3)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller (rev a1)
00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce Audio Processing Unit (rev a2)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2)
00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): nVidia Corporation nForce2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) Controller (rev a3)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1)
01:06.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k HSFi Modem (rev 01)
01:07.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2500 802.11g Cardbus/mini-PCI (rev 01)
01:08.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
01:08.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)
01:0b.0 RAID bus controller: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC20376 (FastTrak 376) (rev 02)
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AP [Radeon 9600]
03:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AP [Radeon 9600] (Secondary)
[root@wvc32352rh ~]# dmraid -ay
RAID set "pdc_ecjdaedd" already active
RAID set "pdc_ecjdaedd1" already active
If you were like me, then you were running a quick 'fdisk -l' check in the terminal and finding the name of your sata/raid drive to be something like '/dev/sda1' (or similar) and you were attempting to mount with that name. However, as you've obviously found out by now..this is incorrect. If you look at the printout that I posted above from my results, you'll see at the bottom..
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RAID set "pdc_ecjdaedd1" already active
..you want to replace '/dev/sda1' (or your similar partition name) with the part that (in my case says) 'pdc_ecjdaedd1'
--Mount drive from terminal using "
ntfs-3g"
*First off, if you don't have Fedora, then I'm not sure what add-on you will need to mount ntfs drives with. You can look at the ntfs-3g site and see if your distribution of linux os supported by them (
http://www.ntfs-3g.org/), or look to
linux-ntfs.org for other add-ons that will allow your linux system to mount ntfs formatted drives. With any of these add-ons, you will still need to use the raid name that I discribe how to use, instead of the name of the drive that 'fdisk -l' tells you.
Now,
To mount this drive, instead of using the '/dev/sda1' name that you've probably been finding, you want to use the name that you found for your sata/raid device. You should type something like this (replacing the 'pdc_ecjdaedd1' part with the name of your own device)..
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ntfs-3g /dev/mapper/pdc_ecjdaedd1 /mnt/archive
..I used the folder '/mnt/archive' to hold/mount my drive to, but you can create a folder of any name there. Just remember to create it first.
--Automatically mount drive on boot
If you want to have this drive mount automatically when you boot, you need to (first be logged in as root, then) find the file called 'fstab' in the folder '/etc'.
When you find this file, open it with a text editor, and at the end, you need to enter the following line (modifying it of course to match the drive name that you found, and not mine, which is probably not correct for you)..
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/dev/mapper/pdc_ecjdaedd1 /mnt/archive ntfs-3g dmask=022,fmask=133,noauto,locale=hu_HU.UTF-8,user 0 0
--Troubleshooting
*First of all, please don't look to me to help you solve your problems beyond this. I know, I know, sounds a little harsh. But, as I've recieved no help from anyone here, I don't really intend to stick around.
This is all the help I can/want give. It should be enough to get you rolling smoothly again..that is, if you are having the same problems I was having. If your problems are not the same, then this help may/may-not work, just read and interpret.
-Now, if you are getting a message that says anything like:
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Bootsector checksum failed.
Failed to startup volume: Invalid argument
Failed to mount '/dev/sda': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/sda' doesn't have a valid NTFS.
Maybe you selected the wrong device? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/hda, not /dev/hda1)? Or the other way around?
..then you probably forgot to add the number to the end of the name. Example, my raid drive was named 'pdc_ecjdaedd', but the partition that it needed was 'pdc_ecjdaedd1'.
-Next, if you are getting a message saying the drive cannot be found or does not exist, then you are using the wrong name/location for the drive. Re-read what I typed above, but this time, read carefully. :P If it is a sata/raid drive, then you can find the possible names by typing 'dmraid -ay' into the terminal window, then just pick the one you need.
-Also, if it says that the drive is already mounted or busy, (you are probably using RedHat Enterprise Linux 4, as I was at first. now I'm using Fedora 6) you need to try the advice given in the step directly above this one.
-Any other problems should probably be dealt with by browsing..
http://www.linux-ntfs.org/ ..all I can tell you is READ. You can try posting questions here at this forum, but I didn't get any help. Maybe you'll get more than me.
Anywho, best of luck figuring this out. It took me long enough to, haha. I really hope this is useful to atleast someone, lol. Cheers, and good luck.
