Need help mounting a hard drive

cevilgenius · 03-26-2005, 10:21 AM

I need help mounting my hard drive in Fedora Core 3. I've tried a method through the terminal using this rpm file that I downloaded online for my kernel and then mounting using "mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/audio-video" but it always give me this "fs type ntfs not supported by kernel" error.

Here's the guide: fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?p=223661

Norm

Seventh · 03-26-2005, 10:24 AM

Sounds like you need to compile NTFS support into your kernel.

http://fedoranews.org/contributors/vitor_domingos/ntfs/

cevilgenius · 03-26-2005, 10:30 AM

That link says it's for FC2. Sorry about not being so clear but I'm using Fedora Core 3 Kernel 2.6.9-1.667. There's no option to install Kernel Development.

Norm

Seventh · 03-26-2005, 10:37 AM

This link should help you out.

Seems like there's an RPM out there that should make things easier.

Quote:

Open the terminal. Type:

su

Hit enter. Type your root password. Hit enter. Type:

uname -r -p

This will output your kernel version and processor type.

Open Firefox. Go to http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm/fedora3.html and download (save to disk) the appropriate NTFS RPM for your kernel version and processor type. (These instructions will help you find the correct RPM: http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rp...ructions.html.)

With the root terminal still open type:

rpm -ivh *.rpm

Hit enter. Wait for the installation to complete. Type:

rm *.rpm

Hit enter. Type "y" and hit enter. Type:

su -

Hit enter. Type:

mkdir /mnt/windows

Hit enter. Type:

fdisk -l /dev/hda

Hit enter. This will output your HPFS/NTFS partition identifier. Type:
gedit /etc/fstab

Type the following in gedit:

/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs ro,defaults,umask=0222 0 0

If your partition identifier is not "/dev/hda1" substitute the correct characters. Click the "save" icon in gedit and exit gedit. Close the terminal. Reboot. Your Windows partition should now be available in the file browser under "/mnt/windows".

Seventh · 03-26-2005, 10:38 AM

Direct link: http://madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=3506#NTFS

cevilgenius · 03-26-2005, 11:02 AM

I'm following the instructions and I did it twice but it still hasn't produced any results. I think I'm doing something wrong here:

Quote:

Open Firefox. Go to http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm/fedora3.html and download (save to disk) the appropriate NTFS RPM for your kernel version and processor type. (These instructions will help you find the correct RPM: http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/r...tructions.html.)

With the root terminal still open type:

rpm -ivh *.rpm

Hit enter. Wait for the installation to complete. Type:

rm *.rpm

Hit enter. Type "y" and hit enter. Type:

What exactly do I put for *.rpm? I tried leaving it as it, as well as /home/(username)/kernel-module-ntfs-2.6.9-1.667-2.1.20-0.rr.3.3.i686.rpm (which was where I downloaded it to). It gave me all these errors. I skipped this part, then continued this twice, restarted my computer twice yet /mnt/windows has nothing in it. Also note I see the fs type not supported error and [failed] when I load up Fedora.

I really don't know what to do. I'm pretty much a Linux

here.

EDIT: I've also tried directly installing the rpm by double clicking on it, it says it's already installed.

Norm

cevilgenius · 03-26-2005, 11:31 AM

Nvm, I use the su command to install, it claimed it was installed already. Then I did the rm *.rpm and typed in y and <enter>. I went on with the rest of the instructions, but it didn't affect it any. I still got the mount error when loading up Fedora and nothing was in /mnt/windows.

Norm

dns21 · 03-26-2005, 08:19 PM

I'm not positive on the FC3 distro but can you list the contents of your /etc/fstab file? Somebody correct me if I am wrong here, but wouldn't this be pertinent?

cevilgenius · 04-01-2005, 02:42 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by dns21
I'm not positive on the FC3 distro but can you list the contents of your /etc/fstab file? Somebody correct me if I am wrong here, but wouldn't this be pertinent?

Code:

# This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details
LABEL=/                 /                       ext3    defaults        1 1
none                    /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
none                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
none                    /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
/dev/hda5 /mnt/windows ntfs ro,defaults,umask=0222 0 0
/dev/hdd                /media/cdrom            auto    pamconsole,ro,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
/dev/hdc                /media/cdrecorder       auto    pamconsole,ro,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
/dev/fd0                /media/floppy           auto    pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0

Norm

cevilgenius · 04-02-2005, 07:52 PM

Can anyone help?

Norm

AndrewZorn · 04-02-2005, 08:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Seventh
This link should help you out. Seems like there's an RPM out there that should make things easier.

WOW... it actually worked! A few questions though...

I have a SATA hard drive with Windows/Linux on it, and I got that mounted to mnt/Windows.
I also have an IDE hard drive with all my stuff on it.

Can I just replace the mount point with like /Windows and /Extra or something better than that and then those folders will correspond to the drives?
If so, how do I remove the old mnt/ stuff?

I put in verbatim what you had in the quote there and it didn't work, but when i replaced hda with sda it all worked. if the IDE hard drive is the secondary hard drive, how would i reference that to mount it?

please respond soon i need to access my stuff from linux

AndrewZorn · 04-02-2005, 08:41 PM

OK i tried redoing the process except using HDA instead of SDA and now I have no DVDROM drive. how do i get it back SOMEONE

AndrewZorn · 04-02-2005, 08:42 PM

also why do you remove *.rpm because that just deleted my ati drivers

dns21 · 04-12-2005, 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by cevilgenius
Can anyone help?

Norm

Well, I see a few differences in my default file and yours. i haven't configured this machine yet, but my ntfs drive is up and running like champ. Here is the reference to ntfs in my fstab.

# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 ntfs noauto,users,exec,ro,unmask=000 0 0

you could try making a backup of your fstab and entering my options... (use your existing mountpoints)

dns21 · 04-12-2005, 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by AndrewZorn
also why do you remove *.rpm because that just deleted my ati drivers

removing the rpm will just remove the rpm, nothing else. If you uninstall the rpm, then you uninstall the rpm.