Try this login as root then enter the command : modprobe ntfs then look for your ntfs partition reside on /dev/hda?. To check just run fdisk /dev/hda then press p to show all your partition in your harddrive. Then quit without changing anything (press q). After that you can mount that , for instance if your ntfs partition reside on /dev/hda2 mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/your_ntfs_mount_point. or edit your /etc/fstab file. I have it working without problem .....:-)
regards ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Felton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 7:13 AM Subject: [newbie] Mounting my NTFS partition > I'm new to Mandrake and fairly new to Linux (ran Slackware for a few months > back around 3.5-4.0 on a P166) > > Now I have a new machine, 1.3g celeron, 384m RAM and two 40g hard drives. I > have been installing and toying with many distros but Mandrake is the first > that has my interest for more than a day or two. > > I have Windows XP on the first hard drive (hda) that came with the computer. > How do (can?) I mount that drive just in case I want to get something off it > to look at from here in Linux? > > I created a "/windows" directory (as root) and tried......... > > [root@whitetrash scott]# mount -t ntfs /dev/hda /windows > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda, > or too many mounted file systems > > (gee, I still remember how to cut and paste in Linux :) > > AFAIK Mandrake is mounting 3 partitions for Linux on hdb (at least when I > installed it, I defined 3). I *THINK* lilo is installed on /dev/hda (and not > in MBR). Should I be able to mount my Windows NTFS? > > The Windows HD actually has nothing on it but Windows and I will probably > ditch it when I settle on a final distro of Linux, but now that I can't mount > it, I'm curious what my problem might be? I've installed Windows several > times (I keep wiping it out during Linux install goofs:) and it SAYS it's > using NTFS during the install. Looking at the man page for "mount" I think I > have the syntax correct and I found nothing in this lists FAQ (although I'm > not very good at searching it). TIA... > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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