Hi forum,
I am just trying to make use of my ext. usb disc. According to fdisk -l
it is /dev/sdc1 with type ntfs. if I try to mount /dev/sdc1 to media I
always get the error message

mount: unknown file system type "ntfs" .

my usb stick is mounted automatically.

mount -t ntfs /dev/sdc1 / media does not work. What can I do ?

Kind regards
eggerola

you need ntfs-3f for mounting ntfs partitions

http://www.ntfs-3g.org/

Hi,

You should use the '/mnt' directory instead of the '/media' directory that is used for to make sure things are constant between systems . If you look in the '/media' directory;
You should see something like the above. In your '/mnt' a directory can be created with 'mkdir /mnt/your_disk' then do a mount to that mount point.

You don't need 'ntfs-3g' to mount a 'ntfs' but you do need it to write to that filesystem.

If you had chosen a mount point within '/media' you could have possible conflicts.

yea, that's right you don't need it unless you want to write

what's your strategy, eggerola ?

Possibly ntfs driver is not installed, should look into if it's installed.

Hi,
I have data on an external hard disk which I want to make available to
Linux. Maybe that there is a driver lacking. Fdisk -l says the following :

[root@logicproPC /]# fdisk -l

Platte /dev/sda: 250.0 GByte, 250059350016 Byte
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Einheiten = Zylinder von 16065 × 512 = 8225280 Bytes

Gerät boot. Anfang Ende Blöcke Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 20574 165259951 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 29432 30401 7791525 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 20575 20587 104422+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 20588 29431 71039430 5 Erweiterte
/dev/sda5 20588 29431 71039398+ 8e Linux LVM

Partitionstabelleneinträge sind nicht in Platten-Reihenfolge

Platte /dev/sdb: 250.0 GByte, 250059350016 Byte
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Einheiten = Zylinder von 16065 × 512 = 8225280 Bytes

Gerät boot. Anfang Ende Blöcke Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 17347 139338401 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2 17348 30401 104856255 8e Linux LVM

Platte /dev/sdc: 500.1 GByte, 500107862016 Byte
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Einheiten = Zylinder von 16065 × 512 = 8225280 Bytes

Gerät boot. Anfang Ende Blöcke Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 60801 488384001 7 HPFS/NTFS



/dev/sdc1 is shown only after connecting the external disc via usb. From I conclude that sdc1 is my usb disc. How can I check which driver
must be availbable for mounting ntfs ? Besides, it seems to be equal where to mount the usb disc. It does not work with /mnt either.

Kind regards
Eggerola

Hi,

You can create as root a mount point in '/mnt' by 'mkdir /mnt/myExtDr'. Then as root you can do 'mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdc1 /mnt/myExtDr'. You should now have your filesystem on the mount point '/mnt/myExtgDr' to do as you wish.

Above is a sample portion of a '/etc/fstab' for the 'ntfs' for mounting on the '/mnt'. You should use the '/mnt' directory instead of the '/media' as you may have conflicts when attempting to use '/media'.

Hi,
now I really do not know how to continue.

My fstab now looks as follows :

[root@logicproPC mnt]# cat /etc/fstab
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults 1 1
LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sdc1 /mnt/a ntfs-3g umask=000 1 0
[root@logicproPC mnt]#



And if I try to mount an ntfs file system the result is as follows :

[root@logicproPC mnt]# mount -t ntfs /dev/sdc1 /mnt/a
mount: unknown file system type „ntfs“
[root@logicproPC mnt]#


And now ?

Kind regards
eggerola

Hi,

Try 'mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdc1 /mnt/a'.