ntfs________denied

[James Wilkinson]

David Abbott wrote:
> [root at localhost /]# /sbin/fdisk -l
>
> Disk /dev/sda: 100.0 GB, 100030242816 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 12161 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> 
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sda1 1 6 48163+ de Dell Utility
> /dev/sda2 * 7 1281 10241437+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda3 1282 12160 87385567+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
> /dev/sda5 1282 1663 3068383+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda6 1664 2938 10241406 83 Linux
> /dev/sda7 2939 3448 4096543+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
> /dev/sda8 3449 12160 69979108+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
>
> and attempt to mount and get:
>
> [root at localhost /]# mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/windows_disk -t ntfs
> mount: mount point /mnt/windows_disk does not exist

You've got two problems.

Why are you trying to mount an extended partition? Wouldn't /dev/sda2,
/dev/sda5 or /dev/sda8 make more sense?

I don't think I've ever needed to do anything with an extended partition
outside fdisk and workalikes. You certainly shouldn't mount it.

And
> mount: mount point /mnt/windows_disk does not exist
is pretty self-explanatory. What does
ls -l /mnt
return?

You will need to either create a mountpoint, or (if you aren't using
them for anything else) try
[root at localhost /]# mount -t ntfs /dev/sda3 /mnt/ 
or
[root at localhost /]# mount -t ntfs /dev/sda3 /misc/

James.
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