/etc/fstab can't mount Windows XP

Zeppelin_ii · 07-20-2005, 02:08 PM

Hi all!

my fstab looks like this:

Code:

/dev/hda1               /mnt/c          ntfs            defaults,ro             0 0
/dev/hda2               /boot           ext2            defaults,noatime     1 2
/dev/hda3               none            swap            sw                     0 0
/dev/hda4               /               auto            noatime                   0 1

/dev/cdroms/cdrom0      /mnt/cdrom      iso9660         noauto,ro            0 0
/dev/fd0                /mnt/floppy     auto            noauto                  0 0

on boot it can't mount it and just like when i write ,,mount /mnt/c" it says:

Code:

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda1,
       or too many mounted file systems

of course those are not bad options/bad superblocks/and i have'nt got too many mounted file sytems...

i have emerged ntfsprogs, my kernel is configured to be compatible with ntfs/fat32/dos.

Sooo.... Any ideas ?

Thx alot

Zeppelin

aysiu · 07-20-2005, 02:48 PM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Zeppelin_ii
Maybe try changing this

Code:

/dev/hda1               /mnt/c          ntfs            defaults,ro             0 0

to this

Code:

/dev/hda1               /mnt/c          ntfs            nls=utf8,umask=0222 0       0

That last line is from the Ubuntu Guide, but it should work for all Linux distros.

Matir · 07-20-2005, 02:50 PM

Can we assume the partition works fine with WinXP itself?

Post the output of 'cat /proc/filesystems | grep ntfs', please. It should show a single line with "ntfs" on it. If not, ntfs support is not in your kernel or the module is not loaded.

Zeppelin_ii · 07-21-2005, 12:00 PM

Lol

Ubuntu "trick" didnt work, and i have ntfs in kernel:

Code:

'cat /proc/filesystems | grep ntfs'  ->>
            ntfs

thx 4 the ideas, anybody else ?

abisko00 · 07-21-2005, 12:12 PM

Can you mount it with a regular mount command (mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt/c)?

Maybe there is a bad superblock (whatever that is) and Linux is oversensitive. You could run scandisk on your Windows system.

Does 'fdisk -l' give any strange results (wrong partition type, maybe)?

Sorry, just guessing...