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Re: Invalid option when trying to mount the volume



Alexander Batischev wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 08:58:57PM +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've got an USB key whose FS was manually set to NTFS for different
>> reasons. 
>>     
> What do you mean by "manually set to NTFS"? You mean, it has other FS but then
> you formatted it to NTFS? That's okay, I think.
>
>   
>> [ 8997.719566] ===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 4(4) BSS returned, data->length = 405
>>     
> That last line seems weird, and I don't know what does it mean. Hope that's
> just some warning we can safely ignore :)
>
> What I may suggest:
> -  check if device is still in /dev/ (you may find device name in the last
>    lines of dmesg output)
> -  try to mount it manually in a way like that:
>    # mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbkey
>    Of course, /dev/sda1 should be replaced with real device name, and
>    /mnt/usbkey shoul exist.
>
> If it works, problem is not in key but in your automounter. Maybe you have old
> version on your laptop, or something.
>   
Thanks. Well, I found the key under /dev/disk/by-id/. After having typed
the aforementioned command, I get `mount: unknown filesystem type
'ntfs-3g'.' Any idea?

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