I use ntfs as a data transfer file system between Mac OS, *nix and Windows (I code primarily in java). Even though while using that partition through fuser it is noticeable slower, afaik, it is the only viable option there is.
Lately I have been noticing the NTFS partition being slower than usual: telling me I am not allowed to open that partition and/or the OS doing it itself but taking its time (like 5 seconds). The other partitions mount just fine, so it doesn't seem to be a hardware issue. Is that disk partition somehow going bad or there might be something else going on? Also, the disk seems to be somewhat noiser now or I am not sure if I have started noticing it to be so because it is failing. $ mount | grep "/dev/sd" /dev/sdb1 on /media/mrme/DATA_EXT4 type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,data=ordered,uhelper=udisks2) /dev/sdc3 on /media/mrme/2XT4 type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,data=ordered,uhelper=udisks2) /dev/sdc2 on /media/mrme/XT4 type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,data=ordered,uhelper=udisks2) /dev/sdc4 on /media/mrme/2NTFS type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096,uhelper=udisks2) $ mount -t ntfs /dev/sdc1 /media/mrme/NTFS mount: only root can use "--types" option root@mrme:~# mount --types ntfs --verbose /dev/sdc1 /media/mrme/NTFS Mount is denied because the NTFS volume is already exclusively opened. The volume may be already mounted, or another software may use it which could be identified for example by the help of the 'fuser' command. $ mount | grep "/dev/sd" /dev/sda1 on /boot type ext2 (rw,relatime,block_validity,barrier,user_xattr,acl) /dev/sdb1 on /media/mrme/DATA_EXT4 type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,data=ordered,uhelper=udisks2) /dev/sdc3 on /media/mrme/2XT4 type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,data=ordered,uhelper=udisks2) /dev/sdc2 on /media/mrme/XT4 type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,data=ordered,uhelper=udisks2) /dev/sdc4 on /media/mrme/2NTFS type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096,uhelper=udisks2) /dev/sdc1 on /media/mrme/NTFS type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096,uhelper=udisks2) $ lbrtchx
