[SATLUG] Mounting issues

[Vern Davis]

On 9/8/07, phn1x <phnx.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> [phn1x at localhost tmp]$ sudo /sbin/fdisk -lu /dev/sdb
>
> Disk /dev/sdb: 300.0 GB, 300090728448 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 36483 cylinders, total 586114704 sectors
> Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
>
>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sdb1   *          63   586099394   293049666   42  SFS
> [phn1x at localhost tmp]$
>
>
> Part of the problem identified, now im dreading what the forums are
> suggesting... Anyone know how to handle mounting a dynamic disk
>


I use FC6, and someone sent me an external USB drive that I had to put
some stuff on, formatted on an XP machine.

I don't remember where I got this, but it worked so I saved it;

mount /dev  /mountpoint -t ntfs-3g -rw -o umask=0000

I don't now recall the significance and/or reasoning for the 0000
umask, but it worked. Alzheimer's is HELL!

Writes seemed to be slow tho - YMMV.

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