Re: Problems mounting Windows NTFS partition...
On Wednesday 13 August 2008 18:28, Frank Charles Gallacher wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I have an Intel PC with a 320GB Hard Disk (ATA WDC WD3200AAKS-0)
> configured as /dev/sda, which I have partitioned as follows:
>
> /dev/sda1 Windows NTFS 148.44 GiB
> /dev/sda2 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro) 147.11 GiB
> /dev/sda5 none swap sw 2.54 GiB
>
> The first partition contains Windows Vista (yknow lots of "Blue Screens
> of DEATH" (yuk) enough said!),
> the second is "Etch" kernel 2.6.18-6-686, I am using GRUB 1.5 bootloader
> to select which OS I want to Boot.
>
> I would like to mount the Windows partition under LINUX (so I can run
> "World of Warcraft" under WINE, etc. etc.), but when I try to mount it,
> using GNOME Nautilus 2.14.3 and clicking on the icon in the "Computer"
> window, I get the error Message "Unable to mount the selected volume."
I don't kno' if that'll 'ork for you, running it under 'ine because it is not
installed in 'ine...
>
> When click on "Show more details", I get:
>
> ibhal-storage.c 1401 : info: called libhal_free_dbus_error but dbuserror
> was not set.
> process 3819: applications must not close shared connections - see
> dbus_connection_close() docs. this is a bug in the application.
> error: device /dev/sda1 is not removable
> error: could not execute pmount
>
> Where do I go from here???
>
> 1. Do Nothing (Resistance is Futile!!!)
> 2. Wait until "Lenny" goes "Stable" next month...
> 3. (this line intentionally left Blank, please supply input)
I use ntfs-3g from backports to mount ntfs. Never gave me problems.
>
> TIA, fcG.
> --
> Frank Charles Gallacher <franxg@bigpond.com>
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