Mounting 2 ntfs partitions in Ubuntu

SamG · 29 Jan 2007 at 08:49

Hello all,

I have followed this guide to setting Ubuntu so it can read & write NTFS partitions but it's only found 1 of them.

http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_...t-up.2C_and_allow_users_read_and_write_access

How do I set it up so it finds both?

riddlermarc · 29 Jan 2007 at 08:54

Have you set up both partitions on separate lines in fstab:

/dev/hda1 /media/windows ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0

.. changing /dev/hda1 for each of the relevant partitions?

What happens when you type sudo mount -a, do you get any errors?

SamG · 29 Jan 2007 at 09:05

Hi,

Mine looks like this:

/dev/sdb1 /media/windows ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0
/dev/sdb2 /media/windows ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0

When I run sudo mount -a I get this message:

fusermount: mountpoint is not empty
fusermount: if you are sure this is safe, use the 'nonempty' mount option
Retrying mount ...
fusermount: mountpoint is not empty
fusermount: if you are sure this is safe, use the 'nonempty' mount option
Failed to mount NTFSUnmounting /dev/sdb2 (Media)

riddlermarc · 29 Jan 2007 at 09:33

Aah, becomes clear.. you are trying to mount sdb1 to the /mount/windows subdirectory and then also mount sdb2 to the same directory.. you want to create a separate directory under /mount just for sdb2.

Add another subdirectory under /mount and change your fstab entries accordingly:

/dev/sdb1 /media/windows ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0
/dev/sdb2 /media/diferent_subdirectory ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0

Then sudo mount -a and you should be up and running

SamG · 29 Jan 2007 at 10:41

That's got it.

Thank you very much for your help.

riddlermarc · 29 Jan 2007 at 14:57

sam garland said:
That's got it.

Thank you very much for your help.

no probs, I had that issue before so I'm glad to pass on a solution