Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:59:05 +0000 From: Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: ls sees disk but mount_ntfs doesn't Message-ID: <47A1E239.2070102@onetel.com>
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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
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