USB hd (enclosure ) NTFS in Linux

ic_torres · 10-12-2007, 10:31 PM

hi. I am using an External HDD (enclosure) usb. with NTFS. tried it with linux but im getting errors. . does it mean that NTFS in linux is not that stable yet?

some logs :

Quote:

Oct 13 07:01:40 vector vl-hot_mount: Starting vl-hot_mount...
Oct 13 07:01:40 vector vl-hot_mount: devname: sda1
Oct 13 07:01:40 vector vl-hot_mount: volname: vol1
Oct 13 07:01:40 vector vl-hot_mount: Mounting /dev/vl-hot/sda1 on /mnt/vl-hot/sda/ vol1
Oct 13 07:01:40 vector vl-hot_mount: /dev/vl-hot/sda1 Filesystem is NTFS
Oct 13 07:01:40 vector vl-hot_mount: mounting NTFS-3G filesystem: /dev/vl-hot/sda1 on /mnt/vl-hot/sda/vol1
Oct 13 07:01:41 vector ntfs-3g[4332]: Version 0.20061212-BETA
Oct 13 07:01:41 vector ntfs-3g[4332]: Mounted /dev/vl-hot/sda1 (Read-Write, label "iCeY", NTFS 3.1)
Oct 13 07:01:41 vector vl-hot_mount: Showing desktop file vl-hot-sda-vol1.desktop
Oct 13 07:01:41 vector vl-hot_mount: Finishing vl-hot_mount...
Oct 13 07:02:03 vector ntfs-3g[4332]: Skipping unrepresentable filename (inode 216 0): Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character
Oct 13 07:04:50 vector ntfs-3g[4332]: Mft record 0x9f6 was marked unused in mft bitmap but is marked used itself. Corrupt filesystem or library bug! Run chkdsk immediately!
Oct 13 07:04:50 vector ntfs-3g[4332]: Could not allocate new MFT record: Input/output erro r.
Oct 13 07:05:43 vector ntfs-3g[4332]: Mft record 0x9f6 was marked unused in mft bitmap but is marked used itself. Corrupt filesystem or library bug! Run chkdsk immediately!
Oct 13 07:05:43 vector ntfs-3g[4332]: Could not allocate new MFT record: Input/output error.

the errors occured in the attempt :

Quote:

root:# cp -r GYM_101/ /mnt/vl-hot/sda/vol1/winbackup/
cp: cannot create directory `/mnt/vl-hot/sda/vol1/winbackup/GYM_101': Input/output error

AND

vector://mnt/vl-hot/sda/vol1/winbackup
root:# mkdir test
mkdir: cannot create directory `test': Input/output error

distro used VL 5.8 GOLD and 5.1 SOHO

and im thinking for reformatting my drive and using FAT32 as the fs. . .ideas?

Boow · 10-12-2007, 10:54 PM

I think if the files are very fragmented than ntfs 3g might fail. You might try using the latest fuse lib and module if you dont have it installed. Ntfs-3g is pretty stable but its not guaranteed to be 100 percent. try running chkdsk on the drive from windows too.

igu · 10-13-2007, 03:43 AM

Oh my Godness! You're using an extremely old BETA release: 0.20061212-BETA. Yes that was not stable as the version number implies but your problems are not related to stability at all.

Firstly, here are the ntfs-3g release history: http://www.ntfs-3g.org/releases.html
If I count correctly then there was 5 newer BETA and 15 STABLE ntfs-3g releases since the version you're using! You should really upgrade immediately or ask your distribution to do so for you!

Secondly, "Skipping unrepresentable filename" is also a harmful distribution configuration/setup problem. If they don't fix it then you can use the 'locale=....'mount option as described here: http://www.ntfs-3g.org/support.html#locale3

Thirdly, the other problems and the I/O errors are Microsoft NTFS driver bug and the ntfs-3g driver handles and fixes this for you on the fly since version 1.612-RC. From the driver history:
"fix: file creation always gave "input/output error" if the $MFT Bitmap wasn't up-to-date"

So yes, ntfs-3g is very stable but you need to use the latest version and configure your distro properly for national language support.

ic_torres · 10-13-2007, 05:21 PM

thanks for the reply.. i read the site AND FUSE is also suggested to be installed.. i got the latest NTFS 3g driver --for slack including FUSE and i will install it in both VL 5 SOHO and 5.8 including slackware. .

i will update this post for the results

ic_torres · 10-14-2007, 04:25 AM

got an error in make : (installing FUSE)

[root@vector/home/icey/FUSE/fuse-2.7.0]# make
Making all in kernel
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/icey/FUSE/fuse-2.7.0/kernel'
make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.13 SUBDIRS=`pwd` modules
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.13'

WARNING: Symbol version dump /usr/src/linux-2.6.13/Module.symvers
is missing; modules will have no dependencies and modversions.

CC [M] /home/icey/FUSE/fuse-2.7.0/kernel/dev.o
In file included from include/asm/fixmap.h:27,
from include/asm/pgtable.h:17,
from include/linux/mm.h:36,
from /home/icey/FUSE/fuse-2.7.0/kernel/fuse_i.h:64,
from /home/icey/FUSE/fuse-2.7.0/kernel/dev.c:9:
include/asm/acpi.h:31:28: acpi/pdc_intel.h: No such file or directory
make[3]: *** [/home/icey/FUSE/fuse-2.7.0/kernel/dev.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/home/icey/FUSE/fuse-2.7.0/kernel] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.13'
make[1]: *** [all-spec] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/icey/FUSE/fuse-2.7.0/kernel'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
[root@vector/home/icey/FUSE/fuse-2.7.0]#

ic_torres · 10-14-2007, 04:59 AM

got it working on VL 5.8 GOLD

installed with FUSE 2.6
then got NTFS 3g version --

root:# ntfs-3g
ntfs-3g: No device is specified.

ntfs-3g 1.1004 - Third Generation NTFS Driver

Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Yura Pakhuchiy
Copyright (C) 2006-2007 Szabolcs Szakacsits

Usage: ntfs-3g <device|image_file> <mount_point> [-o option[,...]]

Options: ro, force, locale=, uid=, gid=, umask=, fmask=, dmask=,
streams_interface=. Please see details in the manual.

Example: ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/win -o force,locale=en_EN.UTF-8

Ntfs-3g news, support and information: http://ntfs-3g.org
vector://var/log/packages
root:# tail -f /var/log/messages
Oct 14 17:55:29 vector vl-hot_mount: Starting vl-hot_mount...
Oct 14 17:55:29 vector vl-hot_mount: devname: sda1
Oct 14 17:55:29 vector vl-hot_mount: volname: vol1
Oct 14 17:55:29 vector vl-hot_mount: Mounting /dev/vl-hot/sda1 on /mnt/vl-hot/sda/vol1
Oct 14 17:55:29 vector vl-hot_mount: /dev/vl-hot/sda1 Filesystem is NTFS
Oct 14 17:55:29 vector vl-hot_mount: mounting NTFS filesystem: /dev/vl-hot/sda1 on /mnt/vl-hot/sda/vol1
Oct 14 17:55:29 vector kernel: NTFS driver 2.1.27 [Flags: R/W MODULE].
Oct 14 17:55:29 vector kernel: NTFS volume version 3.1.
Oct 14 17:55:29 vector vl-hot_mount: Showing desktop file vl-hot-sda-vol1.desktop
Oct 14 17:55:29 vector vl-hot_mount: Finishing vl-hot_mount...

BIG THANKS TO BOOW AND IGU for helping me. . NOW im going to install this in slackware 12.0
i just made it with installpkg