problem mounting ntfs partition

[l0ft13]

Hey guys,

I have just installed isotope over my ubuntu machine and I am really liking the new OS, just one problem with mounting my one disk. I never paid attention to it under ubuntu and can't even remember where it came from as it always just worked. I have also tried a number of google'd remedies with no change and have hit a wall.

I am trying to mount it using:

# mount -t ntfs /dev/ada1s1 /mnt/bfd1
NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/ada1s1': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/ada1s1' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?

I have tried a few variations with no luck - here is the output from *fdisk* and *gpart*:

# gpart show /dev/ada1
=>        63  2930277105  ada1  MBR  (1.4T)
         63  2930272002     1  ntfs  (1.4T)
 2930272065        5103        - free -  (2.5M)

# fdisk /dev/ada1
******* Working on device /dev/ada1 *******
parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are:
cylinders=2907021 heads=16 sectors/track=63 (1008 blks/cyl)

Figures below won't work with BIOS for partitions not in cyl 1
parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are:
cylinders=2907021 heads=16 sectors/track=63 (1008 blks/cyl)

Media sector size is 512
Warning: BIOS sector numbering starts with sector 1
Information from DOS bootblock is:
The data for partition 1 is:
sysid 7 (0x07),(NTFS, OS/2 HPFS, QNX-2 (16 bit) or Advanced UNIX)
   start 63, size 2930272002 (1430796 Meg), flag 0
       beg: cyl 0/ head 1/ sector 1;
       end: cyl 1023/ head 254/ sector 63
The data for partition 2 is:
<UNUSED>
The data for partition 3 is:
<UNUSED>
The data for partition 4 is:
<UNUSED>

Am still fairly new to this so would appreciate any help.

Many thanks,

[Beanpole]

You will probably want to use the "ntfs-3g" command instead of "mount -t ntfs". Ntfs-3g is the latest (3rd generation apparently) way to mount the NTFS filesystem on FreeBSD.
Try this: "ntfs-3g /dev/ada1s1 /mnt/bfd1" and see if that does the trick for you.

[slachmanek]

hi,
I have similar problem, I can't mount NTFS parition.

# mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/ad4s4 /mnt/data
mount: /dev/ad4s4: Operation not supported by device

on linux I have no problem like this :-(

[Beanpole]

Are you sure it is "ad4s4" and not "ada4s4"?
Also, the proper command is: "ntfs-3g /dev/ad4s4 /mnt/data", the "ntfs-3g" command replaces the "mount -t ntfs" from the old system.

I hope this helps!

[hien]

I had the same problem when I installed PCBSD 9.0. It turned out that my NTSF drives' volume names contains spaces ("New Volume", "FreeAgent Drive"...) After I removed all the spaces from ALL the volume names, no more problems. All my NTFS drives now are automatically mounted at bootup. Your problem may have different causes, though. Good luck.