Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:53:54 +0000 From: Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> To: mark@msen.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ls sees disk but mount_ntfs doesn't Message-ID: <47A20B32.8000705@onetel.com> In-Reply-To: <200801311208.23044.mark@msen.com> References: <47A1E239.2070102@onetel.com> <200801311208.23044.mark@msen.com>
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Mark Moellering wrote: > On Thursday 31 January 2008 9:59 am, 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 > > Chris, On my system, the ntfs partition you need to mount is ad0s1 > > Also, make sure that the ntfs driver is either in your kernel or loaded as a > module at boot, should be ntfs_load="YES" in loader.conf as module > This should allow you to mount the drive, assuming nothing major is wrong with > it. (I have dual boot system andthese are the settings I use) obviously, > if you are not mounting as root, you have to make sure you can mount as a > user... > Loading ntfs did it thank you! (I'm using Fixit on the live CD and had to load ntfs at the boot prompt but otherwise as you said). Chris > Mark Moellering > Psyberation, inc. > _______________________________________________ > 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" >
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