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From: Joe on 15 Dec 2009 23:58
On 2009-12-15, Moog <efcmoog(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Gordon illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
>> Moog wrote:
>>> Gordon illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
>>>> Help!
>>>> Ubuntu 9.04 dual-boot with Windows
>>>> I clicked on a mounted NTFS Partition and in Properties I entered a
>>>> Mount point as /Media/Data and File type as NTFS - now it won't mount.
>>>> I get the error message:
>>>> " org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.UnknownError."
>>>> Details:
>>>> "libhal.c 1399 : wrong reply from hald. Expecting an array.
>>>> org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.UnknownFilesystemType"
>>>>
>>>> It's not in fstab, so how do I make this mount again?
>>>
>>> You need to manually mount it.
>>>
>>> From the output of
>>> $ sudo fdisk -l
>>> (assuming you're using ubuntu or a derivative. If not, do an fdisk -l
>>> as root)
>>> Note EXACTLY where your NTFS partitions lies.
>>>
>>> You'll than need to make a directory for your NTFS partition like such
>>>
>>> $ sudo mkdir /media/NTFS_MY_DISK
>>>
>>> And then tell Ubuntu what to mount, and where to mount it
>>>
>>> sudo mount -t ntfs /media/NTFS_MY_DISK /dev/{location of ntfs drive as
>>> given by fdisk -l ... such as /hdaX}
>>>
>>> Any issues with that, let me know.
>>>
>>
>> I created a directory called data in /media (because that's the volume
>> name) and issued the "mount" command as above and got this:
>>
>> Error opening '/media/data': Is a directory
>> Failed to mount '/media/data': Is a directory
>
> Oops. Sorry Gordon.
>
> I should have stated
>
> $ sudo mkdir /mnt/NTFS_MY_DISK
>
> Then replace all "/media" refs with "/mnt" in my previous post.
>
> Imagine getting your medias mixed with your mounts?
>
> Apologies.
>

AND you have it backwards, to boot... ;-)

sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/{location} /mnt/data


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From: Gordon on 16 Dec 2009 02:39
Joe wrote:
> On 2009-12-15, Moog <efcmoog(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> Gordon illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
>>> Moog wrote:
>>>> Gordon illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
>>>>> Help!
>>>>> Ubuntu 9.04 dual-boot with Windows
>>>>> I clicked on a mounted NTFS Partition and in Properties I entered a
>>>>> Mount point as /Media/Data and File type as NTFS - now it won't mount.
>>>>> I get the error message:
>>>>> " org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.UnknownError."
>>>>> Details:
>>>>> "libhal.c 1399 : wrong reply from hald. Expecting an array.
>>>>> org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.UnknownFilesystemType"
>>>>>
>>>>> It's not in fstab, so how do I make this mount again?
>>>> You need to manually mount it.
>>>>
>>>> From the output of
>>>> $ sudo fdisk -l
>>>> (assuming you're using ubuntu or a derivative. If not, do an fdisk -l
>>>> as root)
>>>> Note EXACTLY where your NTFS partitions lies.
>>>>
>>>> You'll than need to make a directory for your NTFS partition like such
>>>>
>>>> $ sudo mkdir /media/NTFS_MY_DISK
>>>>
>>>> And then tell Ubuntu what to mount, and where to mount it
>>>>
>>>> sudo mount -t ntfs /media/NTFS_MY_DISK /dev/{location of ntfs drive as
>>>> given by fdisk -l ... such as /hdaX}
>>>>
>>>> Any issues with that, let me know.
>>>>
>>> I created a directory called data in /media (because that's the volume
>>> name) and issued the "mount" command as above and got this:
>>>
>>> Error opening '/media/data': Is a directory
>>> Failed to mount '/media/data': Is a directory
>> Oops. Sorry Gordon.
>>
>> I should have stated
>>
>> $ sudo mkdir /mnt/NTFS_MY_DISK
>>
>> Then replace all "/media" refs with "/mnt" in my previous post.
>>
>> Imagine getting your medias mixed with your mounts?
>>
>> Apologies.
>>
>
> AND you have it backwards, to boot... ;-)
>
> sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/{location} /mnt/data
>
>

Thanks to all who replied - got it mounted!
Do I just add that line above to fstab to automount? (without the sudo
of course....)
From: Gordon on 16 Dec 2009 03:51
Gordon wrote:
> Joe wrote:
>> On 2009-12-15, Moog <efcmoog(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Gordon illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
>>>> Moog wrote:
>>>>> Gordon illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
>>>>>> Help!
>>>>>> Ubuntu 9.04 dual-boot with Windows
>>>>>> I clicked on a mounted NTFS Partition and in Properties I entered a
>>>>>> Mount point as /Media/Data and File type as NTFS - now it won't mount.
>>>>>> I get the error message:
>>>>>> " org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.UnknownError."
>>>>>> Details:
>>>>>> "libhal.c 1399 : wrong reply from hald. Expecting an array.
>>>>>> org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.UnknownFilesystemType"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's not in fstab, so how do I make this mount again?
>>>>> You need to manually mount it.
>>>>>
>>>>> From the output of
>>>>> $ sudo fdisk -l
>>>>> (assuming you're using ubuntu or a derivative. If not, do an fdisk -l
>>>>> as root)
>>>>> Note EXACTLY where your NTFS partitions lies.
>>>>>
>>>>> You'll than need to make a directory for your NTFS partition like such
>>>>>
>>>>> $ sudo mkdir /media/NTFS_MY_DISK
>>>>>
>>>>> And then tell Ubuntu what to mount, and where to mount it
>>>>>
>>>>> sudo mount -t ntfs /media/NTFS_MY_DISK /dev/{location of ntfs drive as
>>>>> given by fdisk -l ... such as /hdaX}
>>>>>
>>>>> Any issues with that, let me know.
>>>>>
>>>> I created a directory called data in /media (because that's the volume
>>>> name) and issued the "mount" command as above and got this:
>>>>
>>>> Error opening '/media/data': Is a directory
>>>> Failed to mount '/media/data': Is a directory
>>> Oops. Sorry Gordon.
>>>
>>> I should have stated
>>>
>>> $ sudo mkdir /mnt/NTFS_MY_DISK
>>>
>>> Then replace all "/media" refs with "/mnt" in my previous post.
>>>
>>> Imagine getting your medias mixed with your mounts?
>>>
>>> Apologies.
>>>
>> AND you have it backwards, to boot... ;-)
>>
>> sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/{location} /mnt/data
>>
>>
>
> Thanks to all who replied - got it mounted!
> Do I just add that line above to fstab to automount? (without the sudo
> of course....)

Found a nifty little utility in the Repositories - NTFS Config.
From: Joe on 16 Dec 2009 04:50
On 2009-12-16, Gordon <gbplinux(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/{location} /mnt/data
>>
>>
>
> Thanks to all who replied - got it mounted!
> Do I just add that line above to fstab to automount? (without the sudo
> of course....)

Of course not. That would be a little TOO easy... ;-)

Your fstab entry would look something like this:

/dev/{location} /mnt/data ntfs defaults,auto 0 0


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joe at hits - buffalo dot com
"Hate is baggage, life is too short to go around pissed off all the
time..." - Danny, American History X
From: Moog on 16 Dec 2009 06:20
On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:58:59 +0000, Joe wrote:

> AND you have it backwards, to boot... ;-)

Good lord. Bad day I had there. Apologies for the confusion all. In
future, I will proof read.

--
Moog

"Some mornings it doesn't seem worth it to gnaw through
the leather straps"
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