I have a 30 GB Maxtor drive installed in a USB case. I successfully backed up some files from my XP laptop to that drive through the XP's USB port. Then, I tried to mount the drive on my Ubuntu desktop. I get the following error message:
----------------------------------------------------------- Cannot mount volume. Unable to mount the volume. Details $LogFile indicates unclean shutdown (, 1) Failed to mount '/dev/sdc1': Operation not supported Mount is denied because NTFS is marked to be in use. Choose one action: Choice 1: If you have Wihndows then disconnect the external devices by clickon on the 'Safely Remove Hardware' icon in the Windows taskbar then shutdown Windows cleanly. Choice 2: If you don't have Windows then you can use the 'force' option for your own responsibility. For example type on the command line: mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdc1 /media/disk -o force Or add the option to the relevant row in the /etc/fstab file: /dev/sdc1 /media/disk/ntfs -3g force 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------- This may be the first time I've tried to use this drive on my Ubuntu machine. Other drives I've successfully shared via the USB case have not been NTFS. Do I need to plug the drive back into the XP laptop and do something special to "close" it before disconnecting the USB cable? BTW, there is no OS on the drive, just a handful of files and lots of blank space. -- Regards, Dick Steffens www.dicksteffens.com _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
