From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 31 14:59:08 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16ADE16A418 for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:59:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cwhiteh@onetel.com) Received: from smtp1.bethere.co.uk (smtp1.betherenow.co.uk [87.194.0.68]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1CBE13C467 for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:59:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cwhiteh@onetel.com) Received: from [192.168.1.71] (87-194-3-32.bethere.co.uk [87.194.3.32]) by smtp1.bethere.co.uk (Postfix) with SMTP id BAA9829264D for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:59:05 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <47A1E239.2070102@onetel.com> Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:59:05 +0000 From: Chris Whitehouse User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: ls sees disk but mount_ntfs doesn't X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:59:08 -0000 Hi, I'm trying to get some data off a laptop. The disk is buried inside somewhere so to avoid dismantling the laptop I am trying to mount it using a FreeBSD livefs cd (7.0RC1). Note all the commands and output below are typed up by hand but I think they are accurate. Fixit# ls -l /dev/ad0s2 crw-r----- 1 root operator 0, 94 Jan 31 13:39 /dev/ad0s2 Fixit# mount_ntfs -o ro /dev/ad0s2 /mnt mount_ntfs: /dev/ad0s2: No such file or director So I thought I would try using ntfs-3g which I would prefer anyway as it is probably safer. Fixit# pkg_add -r fusefs-ntfs Fetching ftp://[pathto]fusefs-ntfs.tbs...pkg_add: warning error writing to tar: Broken pipe Done. pkg_add: unable to open table of contents of file '+CONTENTS' - not a package? Fixit# Lastly dmesg shows: GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider ad0s2 is ntfs/HDD. So how can I mount the hard disk? Or can anyone suggest an alternative way to get the data other than dismantling the laptop? I've tried ping which is a linux based disk cloning livecd but it can't see network or a usb hard drive. As a secondary question, could ntfs-3g be included in the livefs CD? It seems like quite a useful utility to have. Thanks Chris