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Thread ID: 28719	2002-12-29 07:08:00	Mount NTFS	Chilling_Silence (9)	Press F1

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109715	2002-12-30 04:10:00	Okay... run into troubles here. Im still on the page /info/redhat.html, RTFM too.. but I get this coming up which I would say has nothin to do with the NTFS RPM: [root@AMD1700Linux transfer]# fdisk /dev/hda Unable to open /dev/hda [root@AMD1700Linux transfer]# fdisk /dev/hdb The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 1247. There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, and could in certain setups cause problems with: 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO) 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK) Could it have something to do with the fact that (AFAIK) my DVD-ROM is Primary-Master, and the HDD is Primary Slave? I also do this to mount the drive: [root@AMD1700Linux transfer]# mount /dev/hdc1 /mnt/windows -t ntfs -r -o unmask=0222 mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc1, or too many mounted file systems [root@AMD1700Linux transfer]# mount /dev/hdc2 /mnt/windows -t ntfs -r -o unmask=0222 mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc2, or too many mounted file systems (aren't you trying to mount an extended partition, instead of some logical partition inside?) [root@AMD1700Linux transfer]# And that's what it comes up with. Any Ideas? Do I need to switch the DVD to Primary Slave and the Drive to Master? Cheers Chilling_Silence	Chilling_Silence (9)
109716	2002-12-30 09:56:00	Thanks very much for that Graham L	mikebartnz (21)
109717	2002-12-31 01:53:00	I hope fdisk is just trying to read the disk data, not "fdisk" them :D. Have you got a file called ntfs.o in the /lib/modules tree? Is it loaded? (use "lsmod". Try "defmod ntfs", then doing a mount. Those mount errors are the sort you get if you don't have the file system available. I though the auto loader for modules would have sorted that, but try doing it manually.	Graham L (2)
109718	2002-12-31 01:59:00	Errm... Well, I would check it all out, but for now, Im still stuck with a text-based interface, trying to fix my display driver (I can even copy and paste!). I havent re-installed the RPM, and wont until I can get into the GUI! Hey.. Just noticed your reply, I'll give that a shot and then try it out. It still didnt read the DVD/CD either! :( It cant FDisk them coz it is only read-only for NTFS partitions, I didnt download the write one.. too dodgy. Im off to restore the copy of my old display driver. Let you know what happens Cheers Chilling_Silence	Chilling_Silence (9)
109719	2002-12-31 04:42:00	Check that mount command too ... do a "man mount". I normally do "mount -t blah -o options /dev/what_disk /mount_point". If you want to specify a special privileges mask, I think the word is "umask" not "unmask". :D	Graham L (2)
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