NTFS support is not enabled in the GENERIC kernel.
-Otto
On Sun, Mar 06, 2011 at 10:18:45PM -0700, Anthony J. Bentley wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I attempt to mount a NTFS-formatted external drive, it fails:
> # mount -t ntfs /dev/sd2i /media/usb/
> mount_ntfs: /dev/sd2i on /media/usb: Invalid argument
>
> There is a note about this under BUGS in mount_ntfs(8):
>
> If the attempt to mount NTFS gives you an error like this:
>
> # mount -t ntfs /dev/wd0k /mnt
> mount_ntfs: /dev/wd0k on /mnt: Invalid argument
>
> make sure that the appropriate partition has the correct entry in the
> disk label, particularly that the partition offset is correct. If the
> NTFS partition is the first partition on the disk, the offset should be
> '63' (see disklabel(8)).
>
> However, disklabel already says 63 for the argument, so this seems
> not to apply. Also, the size entry matches fdisk output and the type
> is (obviously) NTFS.
>
> Any ideas of what to debug? Is this a PEBKAC?
>
> fdisk:
> Disk: sd2 geometry: 14593/255/63 [234441648 Sectors]
> Offset: 0 Signature: 0xAA55
> Starting Ending LBA Info:
> #: id C H S - C H S [ start: size ]
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 0: 07 0 1 1 - 14592 254 63 [ 63: 234436482 ] NTFS
>
> 1: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] unused
>
> 2: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] unused
>
> 3: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] unused
>
>
> disklabel:
> # /dev/rsd2c:
> type: SCSI
> disk: SCSI disk
> label: HM121HC
> duid: 0000000000000000
> flags:
> bytes/sector: 512
> sectors/track: 63
> tracks/cylinder: 255
> sectors/cylinder: 16065
> cylinders: 14593
> total sectors: 234441648
> boundstart: 0
> boundend: 234441648
> drivedata: 0
>
> 16 partitions:
> # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg]
> c: 234441648 0 unused
> i: 234436482 63 NTFS
