From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 31 17:17:03 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 0FF6F16A468 for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:17:03 +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 CA5D613C468 for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:17:02 +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 9BF232923E1 for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:15:58 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <47A2024E.70402@onetel.com> Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:15:58 +0000 From: Chris Whitehouse User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <47A1E239.2070102@onetel.com> In-Reply-To: <47A1E239.2070102@onetel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: 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 17:17:03 -0000 Chris Whitehouse wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I missed a bit out. The laptop is running XP and won't boot fully to windows, but far enough that I think the hardware is ok. Chris