Accessing NTFS drives through Slackware

punksoul257 · 05-15-2006, 03:38 AM

I'm using my non wireless at the moment to get online. The whole ndiswrapper thing is very confusing. I'll give that command a go.
As i'm learning i'm making notes of everything so i have a back up to fall back on.

Btw i think that command would have worked if i was in root. will have to switch & give it another go.

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mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1,
missing codepage or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

I've just run lsusb and the usb drive is showing up, maybe thats what i've done wrong, i don't think i said in my first post it was a USB HD.

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Bus 001 Device 003: ID 07ab:fccd Freecom Technologies

Right i've managed to get ndiswrapper working i just need to know the usbid for that drive but i can't seem to find it. Am i being blind or am i not looking for it in the right places??

I've looked in KinfoCenter

nutronix · 05-15-2006, 09:39 AM

/dev/sda1 /mnt/USBdrive auto user,rw,noauto 0 0
is my entry in /etc/fstab . you might have to uncomment USB mass storage in /etc/rc.d/rc.modules although i did not have to do this and i use kwikDisk to mount my device.....here is the output for lsmod ;
neutron@legros:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by Tainted: P
ehci-hcd 17580 0 (unused)
sis900 12396 1
crc32 2880 0 [sis900]
nvidia 3785068 6
pcmcia_core 39972 0
ide-scsi 9328 0
es1371 25292 1
gameport 1420 0 [es1371]
ac97_codec 12084 0 [es1371]
soundcore 3396 4 [es1371]
printer 7744 0
keybdev 2052 0 (unused)
mousedev 4212 0 (unused)
hid 21220 0 (unused)
input 3200 0 [keybdev mousedev hid]
usb-ohci 19240 0 (unused)
usbcore 59308 1 [ehci-hcd printer hid usb-ohci]
Hope this helps...

punksoul257 · 05-15-2006, 11:17 AM

I took the comment out of /etc/rc.d/rc.modules & i tried running /dev/sda1 /mnt/USBdrive auto user,rw,noauto 0 0 but that came up with nothing.

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Usage: mount -V : print version
mount -h : print this help
mount : list mounted filesystems
mount -l : idem, including volume labels
So far the informational part. Next the mounting.
The command is `mount [-t fstype] something somewhere'.
Details found in /etc/fstab may be omitted.
mount -a [-t|-O] ... : mount all stuff from /etc/fstab
mount device : mount device at the known place
mount directory : mount known device here
mount -t type dev dir : ordinary mount command
Note that one does not really mount a device, one mounts
a filesystem (of the given type) found on the device.
One can also mount an already visible directory tree elsewhere:
mount --bind olddir newdir
or move a subtree:
mount --move olddir newdir
A device can be given by name, say /dev/hda1 or /dev/cdrom,
or by label, using -L label or by uuid, using -U uuid .
Other options: [-nfFrsvw] [-o options] [-p passwdfd].
For many more details, say man 8 mount .

nutronix · 05-15-2006, 05:33 PM

did you edit your /etc/fstab ?
If you did , fine...if not,in a terminal, do = su - (you will be superuser) , type vi /etc/fstab to edit your fstab ,add this line ;

/dev/sda1 /mnt/USBdrive auto user,rw,noauto 0 0

i assume you know how to use vi ! than you do /etc/rc.d/rc.hotplug restart (as root)
than open it with kwikDisk (you can configure kwikDisk to open konqueror as the usbdrive is being mounted , let us know how you are doing

nutronix · 05-15-2006, 05:47 PM

I usually save the file before i edit;to my home dir.for instance as user.If you are not familiar with vi you can practice as user= just type vi test for instance."a" will add a character to the right of the cursor ,"i" will insert where the cursor is ,"o" will do the same under the line where the cursor is , "u" will undo the changes ,"ZZ" will save the changes and quit,all those without the quotes of course and if you type = how to use vi in google you will be enlightened i am sure....good luck and let us know..;-)i find the man pages on vim (vi) too cryptic.

nutronix · 05-15-2006, 06:14 PM

oops sorry....i kind of got lost on this one i thought you were referring to a usb key like i have, not a usb drive... so the fstab entry might be different...i am sure you will get better advice than mine on this board....regood luck

punksoul257 · 05-16-2006, 02:30 AM

nutronix i'll give it a go, & to be honest any advice is better then no advice. Your trying to help, thats all that matters, i'll give that a go in a moment