Quoting David Restall - System Administrator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> access all the content. However, today I booted up from a Gutsy Live >> (CD) and although I can still see the drive, it would not mount. It gave >> me some error about improper shutdown or it still being in use. Also >> something about ntfs and a very concise option on how to force mount it > > More snips... > > Because it is seen as 'improper shutdown or it still being in use', I > would suspect that it is in use rather than improper shutdown. If it > was a shutdown problem the live cd would probably give you the same > message becuase it too would detect the improper shutdown. This leads > to the conclusion that the drive must be seen as in use. Something must > be trying to mount or access that drive and so stopping it from being > mounted. What does your mount command show ? The drive may already be > mounted just not where you expect it to be. >
I find that on my laptop which dual boots Gutsy and Windows XP, if I hibernate Windows XP I'm unable to mount the NTFS partition as it said it isn't shutdown correctly. Sounds like a similar thing. Is it possible to boot the machine in Windows and shut it down correctly? Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
