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revbish
Joined: 01 Apr 2010 Posts: 35 Location: Bethlehem, Georgia, USA
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Posted: Mon 28 Jan 2013, 15:28 Post subject:
Hard Drive mounting problem - SOLVED! Subject description: External USB hard drives no longer mounting read/write -- now read only |
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I have 2 laptops, both running identically configured Precise Puppy 5.4.2, one a Toshiba, the other a Compaq. I also use 2 identical external 2 TB USB-docked hard drives formatted as NTFS in RAID 1 array (mirroring each other.) I've had no problems at all using the hard drives with either laptop until recently, using the Compaq, suffered a power outage. Now when I try to mount the drives on the Compaq, which appear as usual on the desktop, I get this warning message in a red box:
"The ntfs-3g driver was unable to mount the NTFS
partition and returned this error message:
fuse: mountpoint is not empty
fuse: if you are sure this is safe, use the 'nonempty' mount option
So, the inbuilt kernel NTFS driver has been used
to mount the partition read-only."
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I checked the fstab file in both computers, and they are identical, the contents of which is:
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts gid=2,mode=620 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,rw 0 0
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The drives still mount fine (read-write) on the Toshiba, but read only on the Compaq. Does anyone know anything I can do to remedy this situation, i.e. be able to mount read-write on the Compaq? Sincere thanks for any help! I've installed Puppy on both computers' internal hard drives, so they are both dual boot with Windows XP (which I never use anymore now that I can do whatever I want with the apps I have installed on Puppy, which I love.
Last edited by revbish on Mon 28 Jan 2013, 18:25; edited 1 time in total
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npierce
Joined: 28 Dec 2009 Posts: 858
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Posted: Mon 28 Jan 2013, 16:30 Post subject:
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It sounds like perhaps one or more files have been written to the directory used for the mount point when nothing was mounted. Have a look at that directory before trying to mount the drive. If you find stuff there, move it out. Then try mounting.
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revbish
Joined: 01 Apr 2010 Posts: 35 Location: Bethlehem, Georgia, USA
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Posted: Mon 28 Jan 2013, 16:45 Post subject:
Solved! Subject description: Problem solved |
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Sweet! A million thanks! What a simple fix ---- I feel like a real goofball now, but it sure is nice to have my drives back working as they should!
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revbish
Joined: 01 Apr 2010 Posts: 35 Location: Bethlehem, Georgia, USA
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Posted: Mon 28 Jan 2013, 16:50 Post subject:
Marking this "Solved" |
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I'm not sure how to mark this original post "Solved" but please do or let me know how. Thanks again.
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npierce
Joined: 28 Dec 2009 Posts: 858
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Posted: Mon 28 Jan 2013, 17:06 Post subject:
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Good news. You're welcome.
You can edit the topic title by clicking the Edit button on your original post, updating the Subject line, and clicking Submit.
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flusch
Joined: 19 Jan 2010 Posts: 3 Location: USA
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Posted: Tue 02 Apr 2013, 11:55 Post subject:
Hard drive mounting problem |
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Thank you very much also, npierce. It worked for me, too. I had no idea how to approach this problem, but a search of the forum led me right to this thread.
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npierce
Joined: 28 Dec 2009 Posts: 858
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Posted: Thu 04 Apr 2013, 11:04 Post subject:
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flusch,
You're welcome.
It's always good to hear that an old post has helped someone else. Thanks for letting me know.
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