[SATLUG] Mounting issues

[phn1x]

sda5 mounts no problem using -t ntfd-3g, thats the second half of the drive

the break out is

drive 1:
20 gigs (/dev/sda1 , /dev/sda3)
160 gigs (/dev/sda5)

Drive 2:

300 gigs (/dev/sda2)

sudo mount /dev/sda5 /mnt/d -t ntfs-3g -r -o umask=0222

[phn1x at localhost tmp]$ ls /mnt/d/
cert_shit    f8863.pdf  MSOCache  ny_tax.pdf  System Volume Information
f1040ez.pdf  mp3        music     Pics        Thumbs.db
f1040.pdf    mp3.txt    nero      RECYCLER    $VAULT$.AVG


On 9/8/07, Charles Hogan <cd_satl at futuretechsolutions.com> wrote:
>
> Looking at the block numbers and id, it looks as though the extended
> partitions are physically located in /dev/sda2.  Try mounting /dev/sda5.
>
> phn1x wrote:
> > So, I recently departed with my last windows machine. I'm now at 10
> physical
> > machines, between them running ubuntu, open and free bsd, solaris and
> now
> > fedora core 6. On the new FC 6 machine, I'm trying to mount my old
> drives (
> > I was lazy and didnt feel like spending days transfering data)
> >
> > I installed the ntfs-3g shiz and had no problem mounting up the ntfs
> > parition to /mnt/d
> >
> > However, my 300gb sata hard drive is being well... It's just not
> > coorporating.
> >
> > Heres the situation
> >
> > sudo /sbin/fdisk -lu /dev/sda
> >
> > Disk /dev/sda: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes
> > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders, total 390721968 sectors
> > Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
> >
> >    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> > /dev/sda1   *          63    38909429    19454683+  83  Linux
> > /dev/sda2        40965750   390700799   174867525    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
> > /dev/sda3        38909430    40965749     1028160   82  Linux swap /
> Solaris
> > /dev/sda5        40965813   390700799   174867493+   7  HPFS/NTFS
> >
> > Partition table entries are not in disk order
> > [phn1x at localhost tmp]$ sudo mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/storage -t vfat -r -o
> > umask=0222
> > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda2,
> >        missing codepage or other error
> >        (aren't you trying to mount an extended partition,
> >        instead of some logical partition inside?)
> >        In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
> >        dmesg | tail  or so
> >
> > As you see, /dev/sda2 is the drive in question, but it shows up as a W95
> > Ext'd
> >
> > I figure, ok I will try to mount it as a vfat but, as you can see above
> it
> > didn't work out. attempting -ntfs-3g doesnt work out well either.. Am I
> just
> > making a stupid error? I've been googling for two hours, plenty of hits
> but
> > nothing significant.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> --
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