Fstab can't mount a particular partition!!

Hi all!! This is my 1st post on the Arch forums and my 2nd much more successful foray into Arch Linux.
Alas, not all things are perfect. More to the point, I'm unable to get fstab to correctly mount one of my ntfs drives. Here's my fstab:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
none /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom auto ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0
/dev/dvd /media/dvd auto ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0
UUID=345d8b40-7df1-4181-8f05-8b5a5e723ed5 swap swap defaults 0 0
UUID=eccd251d-8731-4a30-8dca-7008b85cb321 / jfs defaults 0 1
UUID=982690952690764A /mnt/tama ntfs-3g defaults 0 0
#UUID=00AE40670B81A404
#/dev/sdb2 /mnt/neko ntfs-3g defaults 0 0
I've tried mounting by "/dev/sdb2" and by its UUID (right above /dev/sdb2) to no avail. I'd also mention that it mounts fine after boot-up and log-in. However, my 1st NTFS drive mounts perfectly as you can see above. Another thing to take note is that when I attempt to mount this 2nd NTFS drive (by fstab), a somewhat long message pops up during boot, BUT goes by too fast for me to read.
If anyone can put me on the right track, I'd be very grateful.
Last edited by Paci (2008-05-05 11:03:10)

1) Don't see much, but here's /var/log/dmesg.log if I overlooked something:
Linux version 2.6.24-ARCH (root@artin) (gcc version 4.3.0 (GCC) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Mar 30 10:50:22 CEST 2008
Command line: root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/eccd251d-8731-4a30-8dca-7008b85cb321 ro quiet vga=866
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009e400 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 000000000009e400 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000007fee0000 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 000000007fee0000 - 000000007fee3000 (ACPI NVS)
BIOS-e820: 000000007fee3000 - 000000007fef0000 (ACPI data)
BIOS-e820: 000000007fef0000 - 000000007ff00000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000e0000000 - 00000000f0000000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
Entering add_active_range(0, 0, 158) 0 entries of 256 used
Entering add_active_range(0, 256, 524000) 1 entries of 256 used
end_pfn_map = 1048576
DMI 2.5 present.
ACPI: RSDP 000F7800, 0014 (r0 IntelR)
ACPI: RSDT 7FEE3000, 0034 (r1 IntelR AWRDACPI 42302E31 AWRD 0)
ACPI: FACP 7FEE3080, 0074 (r1 IntelR AWRDACPI 42302E31 AWRD 0)
ACPI: DSDT 7FEE3100, 4D0B (r1 INTELR AWRDACPI 1000 MSFT 3000000)
ACPI: FACS 7FEE0000, 0040
ACPI: MCFG 7FEE7F00, 003C (r1 IntelR AWRDACPI 42302E31 AWRD 0)
ACPI: APIC 7FEE7E40, 0084 (r1 IntelR AWRDACPI 42302E31 AWRD 0)
ACPI: SSDT 7FEE8860, 0380 (r1 PmRef CpuPm 3000 INTL 20041203)
Entering add_active_range(0, 0, 158) 0 entries of 256 used
Entering add_active_range(0, 256, 524000) 1 entries of 256 used
Zone PFN ranges:
DMA 0 -> 4096
DMA32 4096 -> 1048576
Normal 1048576 -> 1048576
Movable zone start PFN for each node
early_node_map[2] active PFN ranges
0: 0 -> 158
0: 256 -> 524000
On node 0 totalpages: 523902
DMA zone: 56 pages used for memmap
DMA zone: 1369 pages reserved
DMA zone: 2573 pages, LIFO batch:0
DMA32 zone: 7108 pages used for memmap
DMA32 zone: 512796 pages, LIFO batch:31
Normal zone: 0 pages used for memmap
Movable zone: 0 pages used for memmap
ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x408
ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x00] lapic_id[0x00] enabled)
Processor #0 (Bootup-CPU)
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x03] enabled)
Processor #3
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x02] lapic_id[0x02] enabled)
Processor #2
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x03] lapic_id[0x01] enabled)
Processor #1
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x00] high edge lint[0x1])
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x01] high edge lint[0x1])
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x02] high edge lint[0x1])
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x03] high edge lint[0x1])
ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x04] address[0xfec00000] gsi_base[0])
IOAPIC[0]: apic_id 4, address 0xfec00000, GSI 0-23
ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 dfl dfl)
ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9 global_irq 9 high level)
ACPI: IRQ0 used by override.
ACPI: IRQ2 used by override.
ACPI: IRQ9 used by override.
Setting APIC routing to flat
Using ACPI (MADT) for SMP configuration information
swsusp: Registered nosave memory region: 000000000009e000 - 000000000009f000
swsusp: Registered nosave memory region: 000000000009f000 - 00000000000a0000
swsusp: Registered nosave memory region: 00000000000a0000 - 00000000000f0000
swsusp: Registered nosave memory region: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000
Allocating PCI resources starting at 80000000 (gap: 7ff00000:60100000)
SMP: Allowing 4 CPUs, 0 hotplug CPUs
PERCPU: Allocating 33200 bytes of per cpu data
Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 515369
Kernel command line: root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/eccd251d-8731-4a30-8dca-7008b85cb321 ro quiet vga=866
Initializing CPU#0
PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 12, 32768 bytes)
TSC calibrated against PM_TIMER
time.c: Detected 2799.989 MHz processor.
Console: colour dummy device 80x25
console [tty0] enabled
Dentry cache hash table entries: 262144 (order: 9, 2097152 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
Checking aperture...
Calgary: detecting Calgary via BIOS EBDA area
Calgary: Unable to locate Rio Grande table in EBDA - bailing!
Memory: 2057036k/2096000k available (2958k kernel code, 38224k reserved, 1092k data, 248k init)
SLUB: Genslabs=11, HWalign=64, Order=0-1, MinObjects=4, CPUs=4, Nodes=1
Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 5604.13 BogoMIPS (lpj=9337822)
Security Framework initialized
Capability LSM initialized
Mount-cache hash table entries: 256
CPU: L1 I cache: 32K, L1 D cache: 32K
CPU: L2 cache: 4096K
using mwait in idle threads.
CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0
CPU: Processor Core ID: 0
CPU0: Thermal monitoring enabled (TM2)
SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
Early unpacking initramfs... done
ACPI: Core revision 20070126
ACPI: Looking for DSDT in initramfs... error, file /DSDT.aml not found.
Using local APIC timer interrupts.
APIC timer calibration result 21874908
Detected 21.874 MHz APIC timer.
SMP alternatives: switching to SMP code
Booting processor 1/4 APIC 0x3
Initializing CPU#1
Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 5602.36 BogoMIPS (lpj=9333384)
CPU: L1 I cache: 32K, L1 D cache: 32K
CPU: L2 cache: 4096K
CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0
CPU: Processor Core ID: 3
CPU1: Thermal monitoring enabled (TM2)
Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3210 @ 2.13GHz stepping 07
checking TSC synchronization [CPU#0 -> CPU#1]: passed.
SMP alternatives: switching to SMP code
Booting processor 2/4 APIC 0x2
Initializing CPU#2
Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 5602.40 BogoMIPS (lpj=9333441)
CPU: L1 I cache: 32K, L1 D cache: 32K
CPU: L2 cache: 4096K
CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0
CPU: Processor Core ID: 2
CPU2: Thermal monitoring enabled (TM2)
Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3210 @ 2.13GHz stepping 07
checking TSC synchronization [CPU#0 -> CPU#2]: passed.
SMP alternatives: switching to SMP code
Booting processor 3/4 APIC 0x1
Initializing CPU#3
Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 5602.33 BogoMIPS (lpj=9333335)
CPU: L1 I cache: 32K, L1 D cache: 32K
CPU: L2 cache: 4096K
CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0
CPU: Processor Core ID: 1
CPU3: Thermal monitoring enabled (TM2)
Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3210 @ 2.13GHz stepping 07
checking TSC synchronization [CPU#0 -> CPU#3]: passed.
Brought up 4 CPUs
net_namespace: 120 bytes
NET: Registered protocol family 16
ACPI: bus type pci registered
PCI: Using MMCONFIG at e0000000 - efffffff
ACPI: EC: Look up EC in DSDT
ACPI: Interpreter enabled
ACPI: (supports S0 S3 S4 S5)
ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing
ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)
PCI quirk: region 0400-047f claimed by ICH6 ACPI/GPIO/TCO
PCI quirk: region 0480-04bf claimed by ICH6 GPIO
PCI: Transparent bridge - 0000:00:1e.0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.PEX0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.PEX4._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.HUB0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 4 *5 7 9 10 11 12)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 4 5 7 9 *10 11 12)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 4 5 7 9 *10 11 12)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 4 5 7 9 10 *11 12)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 4 5 7 9 10 11 12) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 4 5 7 9 10 *11 12)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK0] (IRQs 4 5 *7 9 10 11 12)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK1] (IRQs *4 5 7 9 10 11 12)
Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay
pnp: PnP ACPI init
ACPI: bus type pnp registered
pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered
SCSI subsystem initialized
PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
PCI: If a device doesn't work, try "pci=routeirq". If it helps, post a report
NetLabel: Initializing
NetLabel: domain hash size = 128
NetLabel: protocols = UNLABELED CIPSOv4
NetLabel: unlabeled traffic allowed by default
PCI-GART: No AMD northbridge found.
ACPI: RTC can wake from S4
Time: tsc clocksource has been installed.
system 00:01: ioport range 0x4d0-0x4d1 has been reserved
system 00:01: ioport range 0x880-0x88f has been reserved
system 00:07: ioport range 0x400-0x4bf could not be reserved
system 00:0a: iomem range 0xe0000000-0xefffffff could not be reserved
system 00:0b: iomem range 0xf0000-0xfffff could not be reserved
system 00:0b: iomem range 0x7ff00000-0x7fffffff has been reserved
system 00:0b: iomem range 0x7fee0000-0x7fefffff could not be reserved
system 00:0b: iomem range 0x0-0x9ffff could not be reserved
system 00:0b: iomem range 0x100000-0x7fedffff could not be reserved
system 00:0b: iomem range 0xfec00000-0xfec00fff has been reserved
system 00:0b: iomem range 0xfed14000-0xfed1dfff has been reserved
system 00:0b: iomem range 0xfed20000-0xfed9ffff has been reserved
system 00:0b: iomem range 0xfee00000-0xfee00fff could not be reserved
system 00:0b: iomem range 0xffb00000-0xffb7ffff has been reserved
system 00:0b: iomem range 0xfff00000-0xffffffff has been reserved
system 00:0b: iomem range 0xe0000-0xeffff has been reserved
PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:01.0
IO window: d000-dfff
MEM window: f8000000-fbffffff
PREFETCH window: d0000000-dfffffff
PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1c.0
IO window: c000-cfff
MEM window: fde00000-fdefffff
PREFETCH window: fdb00000-fdbfffff
PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1c.4
IO window: b000-bfff
MEM window: fda00000-fdafffff
PREFETCH window: fd900000-fd9fffff
PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1e.0
IO window: a000-afff
MEM window: fdd00000-fddfffff
PREFETCH window: fdc00000-fdcfffff
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:01.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:01.0 to 64
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1c.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.0 to 64
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1c.4[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.4 to 64
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1e.0 to 64
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 262144 (order: 10, 4194304 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 262144 bind 65536)
TCP reno registered
checking if image is initramfs... it is
Freeing initrd memory: 822k freed
VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
Dquot-cache hash table entries: 512 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 [email protected]).
Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 254)
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler anticipatory registered
io scheduler deadline registered
io scheduler cfq registered (default)
Boot video device is 0000:01:00.0
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:01.0 to 64
assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:01.0:pcie00]
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:01.0:pcie03]
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.0 to 64
assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.0:pcie00]
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.0:pcie02]
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.0:pcie03]
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.4 to 64
assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.4:pcie00]
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.4:pcie02]
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.4:pcie03]
vesafb: framebuffer at 0xf9000000, mapped to 0xffffc20010100000, using 720k, total 14336k
vesafb: mode is 768x480x8, linelength=768, pages=8
vesafb: scrolling: redraw
vesafb: Pseudocolor: size=8:8:8:8, shift=0:0:0:0
Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 96x30
fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
Linux agpgart interface v0.102
Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 16384K size 1024 blocksize
loop: module loaded
input: Macintosh mouse button emulation as /devices/virtual/input/input0
PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
PNP: PS/2 appears to have AUX port disabled, if this is incorrect please boot with i8042.nopnp
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input1
cpuidle: using governor ladder
cpuidle: using governor menu
TCP cubic registered
NET: Registered protocol family 1
NET: Registered protocol family 17
RPC: Registered udp transport module.
RPC: Registered tcp transport module.
Freeing unused kernel memory: 248k freed
libata version 3.00 loaded.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.1[b] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:03:00.1 to 64
ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:03:00.1 disabled
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.1[b] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:03:00.1 to 64
scsi0 : pata_jmicron
scsi1 : pata_jmicron
ata1: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0xbf00 ctl 0xbe00 bmdma 0xbb00 irq 17
ata2: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0xbd00 ctl 0xbc00 bmdma 0xbb08 irq 17
ata1.00: ATAPI: SONY DVD RW AW-Q170A, 1.73, max UDMA/66
Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 1
Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 2
Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0
Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 3
ata1.00: configured for UDMA/66
scsi 0:0:0:0: CD-ROM SONY DVD RW AW-Q170A 1.73 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
ahci 0000:00:1f.2: version 3.0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
ahci 0000:00:1f.2: AHCI 0001.0200 32 slots 6 ports 3 Gbps 0x3f impl SATA mode
ahci 0000:00:1f.2: flags: 64bit ncq sntf led clo pio slum part
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.2 to 64
scsi2 : ahci
scsi3 : ahci
scsi4 : ahci
scsi5 : ahci
scsi6 : ahci
scsi7 : ahci
ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xfdffd000 port 0xfdffd100 irq 19
ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xfdffd000 port 0xfdffd180 irq 19
ata5: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xfdffd000 port 0xfdffd200 irq 19
ata6: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xfdffd000 port 0xfdffd280 irq 19
ata7: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xfdffd000 port 0xfdffd300 irq 19
ata8: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xfdffd000 port 0xfdffd380 irq 19
ata3: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
ata3.00: ATA-7: WDC WD5000AAKS-00TMA0, 12.01C01, max UDMA/133
ata3.00: 976773168 sectors, multi 0: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32)
ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133
ata4: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
ata4.00: ATA-7: WDC WD5000AAKS-00TMA0, 12.01C01, max UDMA/133
ata4.00: 976773168 sectors, multi 0: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32)
ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133
ata5: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
ata6: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
ata7: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
ata8: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA WDC WD5000AAKS-0 12.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA WDC WD5000AAKS-0 12.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
ahci 0000:03:00.0: AHCI 0001.0000 32 slots 2 ports 3 Gbps 0x3 impl SATA mode
ahci 0000:03:00.0: flags: 64bit ncq pm led clo pmp pio slum part
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:03:00.0 to 64
scsi8 : ahci
scsi9 : ahci
ata9: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m8192@0xfdafe000 port 0xfdafe100 irq 16
ata10: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m8192@0xfdafe000 port 0xfdafe180 irq 16
ata9: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
ata10: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
usbcore: registered new device driver usb
USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v3.0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1a.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1a.0 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: irq 16, io base 0x0000ff00
usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1a.1[b] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1a.1 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: irq 21, io base 0x0000fe00
usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1a.2[D] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1a.2 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.2: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.2: irq 19, io base 0x0000fd00
usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] 976773168 512-byte hardware sectors (500108 MB)
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] 976773168 512-byte hardware sectors (500108 MB)
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 976773168 512-byte hardware sectors (500108 MB)
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 976773168 512-byte hardware sectors (500108 MB)
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sdb3
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.0[A] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.0 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: irq 23, io base 0x0000fc00
usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
sr 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
usb 2-2: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.1[b] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.1 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: irq 19, io base 0x0000fb00
usb usb5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 5-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.2[C] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.2 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 6
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: irq 18, io base 0x0000fa00
usb usb6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 6-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1a.7[C] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1a.7 to 64
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 7
PCI: cache line size of 32 is not supported by device 0000:00:1a.7
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: irq 18, io mem 0xfdfff000
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
usb usb7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 7-0:1.0: 6 ports detected
usb 2-2: USB disconnect, address 2
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.7[A] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.7 to 64
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 8
PCI: cache line size of 32 is not supported by device 0000:00:1d.7
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: irq 23, io mem 0xfdffe000
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
usb usb8: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 8-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 8-0:1.0: 6 ports detected
usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver
JFS: nTxBlock = 8192, nTxLock = 65536
usb 2-2: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
input: Logitech USB Receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0/input/input2
input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:1a.1-2
input: Logitech USB Receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.1/input/input3
input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:1a.1-2
rtc_cmos 00:03: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
rtc0: alarms up to one month
ACPI: SSDT 7FEE7F80, 022A (r1 PmRef Cpu0Ist 3000 INTL 20041203)
ACPI: SSDT 7FEE8440, 0152 (r1 PmRef Cpu1Ist 3000 INTL 20041203)
ACPI: SSDT 7FEE85A0, 0152 (r1 PmRef Cpu2Ist 3000 INTL 20041203)
ACPI: SSDT 7FEE8700, 0152 (r1 PmRef Cpu3Ist 3000 INTL 20041203)
r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.2LK loaded
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:04:00.0[A] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
eth0: RTL8169sc/8110sc at 0xffffc2000002c000, 00:50:8d:b2:2b:88, XID 18000000 IRQ 23
r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.2LK loaded
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:04:01.0[A] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
eth1: RTL8169sc/8110sc at 0xffffc2000002e000, 00:50:8d:b2:2b:89, XID 18000000 IRQ 22
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1b.0[A] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1b.0 to 64
input: Power Button (FF) as /devices/virtual/input/input4
ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
input: Power Button (CM) as /devices/virtual/input/input5
ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
ACPI Error (dswstate-0226): No result objects! State=ffff81007e0bec00 [20070126]
ACPI Exception (dsutils-0642): AE_AML_NO_RETURN_VALUE, Missing or null operand [20070126]
ACPI Exception (dsutils-0735): AE_AML_NO_RETURN_VALUE, While creating Arg 1 [20070126]
ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_TZ_.THRM._TMP] (Node ffff81007f96da60), AE_AML_NO_RETURN_VALUE
sr 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 5
sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:04:02.0[A] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:04:02.0 to 64
input: PC Speaker as /devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input6
ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.1 (PCI): IRQ=[21] MMIO=[fddfd000-fddfd7ff] Max Packet=[2048] IR/IT contexts=[4/8]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.3[b] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:01:00.0 to 64
NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 169.12 Thu Feb 14 17:51:09 PST 2008
fuse init (API version 7.9)
Adding 971924k swap on /dev/sda4. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:971924k
ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[00508d00009b180a]
2) After boot, I mount simply by:
[kuro@Saber-chan ~]$ sudo mount /dev/sdb2 /mnt/neko
This gives root permissions but not to regular users of course...
3) They're both NTFS partitions created during my Windows Vista Ultimate 32 bit installation. Both house a variety of images, video, music, and software. I can't say there's much different between the two. Ubuntu mounts both drives fine. One difference would be that one's on sda while the other is on sdb...

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Can't mount my Windows partition

Hey Arch Forums.
I've installed Arch64 and Arch32 on my desktop and laptop respectively, both on an array of Ext4 partitions (both have separate partitions for /, /home and /var). I followed the beginner's guide down to the letter, and now have both machines running GNOME.
Both machines also have a separate NTFS Windows XP partition, but the trouble is that neither can mount, browse or access the Windows partition without being root.
First off, typing 'mount /dev/sda1' (that's the Windows partition) resulted in '/dev/sda1 not in fstab or mtab.'
So, I added /dev/sda1 to fstab with options 'rw,users,noauto 0 0'. Rebooted, but then I found out that it decided to automatically mount itself anyway and it wasn't showing in places, and I still couldn't access the partition without being root. Anyway, so I sudo umount it, and then discover I need to add my user account to the 'disk' group to be able to issue mount/umount commands.
This worked, but it was still automounting on boot and I still couldn't access it without being root. I basically want to be able to just select the 'Windows' entry from the Places menu, have it mount and show on the desktop (it's not showing on the desktop when I boot up atm), and have Nautilus open up with the partition's root directory.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

Well, I was trying previously to mount it with ntfs, as that's what was used under Ubuntu. But it's working now with ntfs-3g, I don't need to be root to read/write the disc now. However, I'm still having trouble with mounting it as non-root.
First off, this is my fstab:
none /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
#/dev/cdrom /media/cd auto ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0
#/dev/dvd /media/dvd auto ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0
#/dev/fd0 /media/fl auto user,noauto 0 0
UUID=6cae25c5-cc5b-42ae-ad3a-70e892274a34 / ext4 defaults,noatime 0 1
UUID=f7e4d887-43d5-4ac4-869f-a2a5e4c16e2f /var ext4 defaults 0 2
UUID=4a07547f-1fd6-41ea-8db7-469120830111 /home ext4 defaults,noatime 0 2
UUID=08d54f59-520a-4e8e-9a9d-d440f2eff54e swap swap defaults 0 0
UUID=5AB82DB8B82D9393 /media/Windows ntfs-3g defaults,users,exec 0 0
As you can see, it's mounting on boot up at the moment. When I put noauto into the options, it doesn't mount, but when I'm on the desktop and try to mount it as non-root, I get the error "ntfs-3g-mount: user has no write access to mountpoint /media/Windows". As I was typing that out, another error appeared telling me that DBus encountered an error as it did not receive a reply.
When I issue the mount command in terminal, I get "mount: only root can do that." - what should I do?

[SOLVED] Mounting a logical partition

Scenario:
/dev/sda1 primary NTFS windows boot
/dev/sda2 primary NTFS windows home
/dev/sda3 primary ext4 arch /boot
/dev/sda5 primary ext4 arch /
/dev/sda6 logical ext4 arch /home
/dev/sda7 arch swap
Do I perform mount /dev/sda6 /mnt/home as if it were a "normal" partition?
EDIT: I would mount each logical partition as normal.
Last edited by tancrackers (2012-08-29 03:34:46)

shortcut144 wrote:
perbh wrote:
Assume your fat-partition is /dev/sda5 (just as an example)
sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sda5 /some/mount/point
Otherwise - as 's3kt0r' says - you can easily mount a ntfs-partition for read/write as well (using ntfs-3g)
Awesome, thank you. Marked as solved.
Should I put this command in my fstab, or just make a startup command for this?
You could do either ....
If it will _always_ be there and you always want it mounted - put it in /etc/fstab, -or- you could put it in /etc/rc.local (without using 'sudo' of course).
I'm a great believer in using rc.local because you _know_ that everything which might be needed (modules eg.) will be available by then.
If you use /etc/fstab, your entry would be:
/dev/sda5 /mount/point vfat defaults 0 0

Solaris 10: Mounting a extended partition

Hi, I have Solaris 10 installed in a x86 machine.
I have one hard disk with 3 primary partitions (ntfs, ufs, fat32). I have 1 extended partiton that containts 2 partitions (ext3 and fat32).
Can i mount my extended partitions in Solaris?
I mount my first fat32 (hda2 in linux) partition with:
"mount -F pcfs /dev/dsk/c0d0p2 /mnt/ruben"
In wich way can i mount my second fat32 partition?
"mount -F pcfs /dev/dsk/c0d?s?p? /mnt/david"
Can i mount my linux partition?
Finally, in wich way can i mount my Solaris partition in linux?
I try "mount -t ufs /dev/hda3 /mnt/solaris/
" but it doesn't work.
Saludos.
PD: Sorry for my sucks english :)

Solaris 10 won't reconize your extended partitions, its limited in primary partitions only at this time. This may change ofcourse, it wouldn't surprise me if you see support appear somewhere in either Solaris Express or a later Open Solaris release.
Mounting your linux partition is therefor only possible if its located on an extended partition. As to Linux itself; it heavily depends on the filesystem. I think to have read somewhere that you can add ext2 support in Solaris, but I don't think that'll work for filesystems like reiser, xfs or ext3. (although the latter might be accessible as ext2).
Finally, a little offtopic (but not too much)... Yes, Linux supports mounting Solaris x86 slices, but its very likely that you'll need to recompile your kernel. You'll need to add UFS filesystem support as well as support for the Solaris/x86 partition table.
I suggest checking out a few howto's on www.tldp.org on instructions how to compile your kernel.

Can't Mount Windows Partition in OSX After Upgrading to 10.5 and BC 2.0

I just installed Leopard today, using the upgrade option (as opposed to a clean install). I was happy to see that I could boot into Windows still, and installed all of the Boot Camp 2.0 drivers while booted into Vista. However, I can no longer mount my Windows partition in OSX. While using Tiger, I did use MacFuse and ntfs-3g to get read-write support, but in Leopard, I can't even read. When I try to mount the Windows volume in Disk Utility, I get an error stating that it cannot be mounted. I also do not have the option to perform "First Aid" or "Repair" on the volume.
I realize that the latest version of ntfs-3g isn't proven to work with Leopard, but I would at least like read access in OSX. Is it possible that some settings were left over from my Tiger configuration that would not allow Leopard to mount the partition? Any ideas?
Thank you.

Ok. I'm in the club with the same problem...
Strange things:
* For the first days after Leopard's install, my BootCamp disk0s3 partition (I'll name it "BillGates") was mounted correctly. Then, after a few days (but BEFORE upgrading to 10.5.1), it disappeared.
* If I launch DiskUtility "BillGates" is shown, but (in the right device navigation bar) it's named "-n BillGates". If I click the Erase menu, it's named "-nBillGates" (without the space between "-n" and "BillGates"). If I launch SystemProfiler it's named "-n BillGates", but the mount point is "/Volumes/billgates". Can't understand where this "-n" thing is coming from!
* If I try to mount "-n BillGates" from DiskUtility it doesn't work and the log says "Mount of -n BillGates failed".
* In the FSTAB there were no instructions: it was empty.
Now, I tried the MacFUSE-solution: no results (meaning BillGates was not mounted on startup).
I tried the modify-the-FSTAB-solution: no results (with "BillGates", "-n BillGates" nor "-nBillGates".
I tried the chkdsk-solution: all tests were ok, but nothing happened.
The only trick that worked was mounting the partition with Terminal's commands (thanks rtracy!!). It made appear "BillGates" on the desktop (without the "-n thing", that is still present in DiskUtility).
Problem is at the first reboot, the Boot Camp partition disappears again. Any ideas for a permanent fix?!
Giangiacomo.
ADDENDUM: I've tried to move a file from desktop to an unlocked folder in BillGates and System did not copy them. "The item could not be moved because "BillGates" cannot be modified" !!!!!!!!
Message was edited by: Giangiacomo Castelfranchi1

KDE's Dolphin can't mount NTFS partitions after upgrade to systemd

Hi, I just finished to migrate my system to a pure systemd setup. Everithing seems to work fine, except that Dolphin can't mount NTFS partitions anymore, as it was able to do before. I'm not 100% sure that systemd is the culprit, but nevertheless it is a big change in my system so I assume that it may be the problem.
Trying to mount with Dolphin I get this error message:
An error occurred while accessing 'sATA-a', the system responded: The requested operation has failed.: Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 1: helper failed with:
Error opening '/dev/sdb1': Permesso negato
Failed to mount '/dev/sdb1': Permesso negato
Please check '/dev/sdb1' and the ntfs-3g binary permissions,
and the mounting user ID. More explanation is provided at
http://tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-faq/#unprivileged
I used to get this kind of error aeons ago when trying to mount from CL; puzzling enough, mounting from CL now works:
$ mount /media/disks/sATA-a
$ ls /media/disks/sATA-a
Documenti Download $RECYCLE.BIN RECYCLER sATA-b System Volume Information Temp Video
This is the relevant entry in my fstab (I don't know if Dolphin cares about it...):
#sATA-a
UUID=D6789B21789B0003 /media/disks/sATA-a ntfs-3g noauto,users 0 0
And finally:
$ ll `which ntfs-3g`
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 125K 21 apr 12.13 /bin/ntfs-3g
Can anybody give me a hint? Thanks.

OK, the mess is growing up. Today I switched my laptop to systemd, and the mount problem has appeared on this system as well. So I am confident that this is a systemd-related issue, and maybe some stock Arch config file is broken. I have this entry on my /etc/fstab for the ntfs-3g drive:
UUID=88705BA9705B9D2E /media/vista ntfs-3g noauto,users,exec 0 0
I compiled ntfs-3g with internal fuse support and did the setuid trick:
$ ls -l `which ntfs-3g`
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 125K 16 apr 2012 /bin/ntfs-3g
I can mount the disk using the command:
$ mount /media/vista/
$
It works flawlessly, so ntfs-3g works. If I try to mount it with udisks I get:
$ /usr/bin/udisks --mount /dev/sda2 --mount-options users,exec
Mount failed: Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 1: helper failed with:
Error opening '/dev/sda2': Permesso negato
Failed to mount '/dev/sda2': Permesso negato
Please check '/dev/sda2' and the ntfs-3g binary permissions,
and the mounting user ID. More explanation is provided at
http://tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-faq/#unprivileged
It sounds to me that udisks is trying to mount the disk as a different user, but I'm not an expert so I might be wrong. If I remove the entry in /etc/fstab then udisks will ask for the password. Repeating the same steps but for an ext3 partition, I am able to mount with udisks when there is a proper fstab entry, and I'm asked for a password when that entry is commented out.
Based on these findings, I strongly suspect that there is some problem with logind configuration in my system. I have been going round and round for hours, serching the web and the wiki (which BTW is in a very bad shape, containing outdated or no informations about mount policies in the polkit and udev sections), and now I feel I need some help to go through it... thanks.

One of my partition is not mounted. I can't mount it, can't repair it. I have a lot of data in this partition. I can't erase it, how can I do now? pls help me.

one of my partition is not mounted. I can't mount it, can't repair it. I have a lot of data in this partition, I can't erase it. Please help me.

No way around this. Your phone has to be restored using a computer running iTunes. Make an appointment at an Apple Store to have your device examined by a technician. Or contact Apple Support.

1 of my HD partition suddenly can't mount and want me to initialize! HELP!!

Hi,
If anyone who frequented these kind of problems before please let me know your solutions solving these problems. Thanks very much!!
I'm a musician and a frequent mac user,I have a Power Mac G4 dual 800 with 1.25GMhz ram running on Mac Os 9.21 but with Mac OS X installed (I need to use Mac OS classic due to some of my music softwares still need to be updated before I upgrade to OS X),I've put the Hard Disk in 2 other sub partition HD at the beginning and have been using it to put all my important audio files and songs files. No problems at all before these nightmare started!
The serious problem I'm having now is I suddenly can't mount one of my partition HD anymore.
-I heard weird sound when starting & re-starting the Mac. (Heard some Hard Disk weird sound like sound "crutch" sound" and since the partition can't be mounted, the first thing shows up after I boot the computer is asking me if I wanna Initialize the Hard Disk because it's unreadable. There is 2 choices for me "Cancel" & "Initialize" But there is no effect when I choose "Cancel" so I use the Force Quit.
2 little message saying my Main Hard Disk & the other partition are damaged but they still showing up properly and still running dangerously I think.
-I have tried to start-up by using the installer Disk came with the computer and runs the First Aid Kit to verify the disk. I can see the partition and can see the icon of it but it's just different from others (in a black tone basic classic icon) and after running the verification some following messages appears:
"Mountcheck found serious errors" (in red) then "Overlapped extent allocation,2.60" (in red) and "Hard disk need to be repaired" so I run the Repair mode and it just can't fix because it says it's not been mounted.
I've also checked the main HD and the other partition which sometimes had some problems with it but no problems been found.
-There was few times my computer do Freeze or appears a Bomb asking me to restart when I recording something using the partition for saving the data and a weird sound of hard disk comes before freezing. It seems it's always the same place of the hard disk. Also When I inserted a blank CD-R disk into the drive it just freeze and appears a Bomb message instead asking me if I wanna use the Toast or i-tunes for preparing the disk which I always used to do.
I really hope the computer can hang on just for 1 more month before I have a break to fix everything and backup everything inside or initialize everything inside.
P.S. I've another Powerbook G4 running on OS Tiger but it's mainly for my internet use. ( I don't use internet connection for my PowerMac G4)
And the Combo super Drive is DOWN,I just can't insert any Disk inside anymore. So if having another Mac is helpful for my issue,anything I would try.
Due To I'm having some urgent important jobs now so I really can't initialize or setup other new computers for my works now.
HELP! Thanks!!!

Just because you can't find them does not mean they aren't there.
Freeing Up Space on The Hard Drive
1. See Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks' Storage Display.
2. You can remove data from your Home folder except for the /Home/Library/ folder.
3. Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on freeing up space on your hard drive.
4. Also see Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk.
5. See Where did my Disk Space go?.
6. See The Storage Display.
You must Empty the Trash in order to recover the space they occupied on the hard drive.
You should consider replacing the drive with a larger one. Check out OWC for drives, tutorials, and toolkits.
Try using OmniDiskSweeper 1.8 or GrandPerspective to search your drive for large files and where they are located.

How can I mount / fix my Windows 7 partition?

So a while ago my Win 7 partition was "unmounted" and it wouldnt show up in my Finder. When I tried mounting it in Disk Utility it would never work. I would click Mount, and it would't do anything. I wasn't really bothered by it since the partition would still show up when I booted and held 'alt'. I could boot Windows fine.
I was experiencing some problems with my Mac so I figured I'd reinstall the OS. After I did however, the Win 7 partition didnt show up in the 'alt' boot menu. In Disk Utility, the partition still exists, and I still can't mount it. I honestly have no clue what to do, other than to start over again. I REALLY dont want to do that, becuase I have a lot of data on my Win partition.
So im asking how the flip do i fix this...
Any help is, obviously, very apprechiated.

I think you missed my point. Something you've already done has resulted in corruption of the boot loader or boot block making it impossible for you to now boot from your Windows system via your original Boot Camp installation. Reformatting the Windows partition will just remove everything already installed on it, so that would not sound like a good solution for you.
It may be possible to recover the Windows volume using CampTune, but I don't know that myself. I've not used it. The other possibility is to install a new boot loader:
Boot Runner
The rEFInd Boot Manager - Roderick Smith

Can't Mount Second Partition on External Hard Drive

I have a 1 TB Seagate External HD that I have two partitions on...a 700 GB one for Time Machine and 300 GB for my personal files (called Nick's External). I was initially having trouble with it and transferred the files from the Nick's External partition to a Western Digital external. I then reformatted the Seagate one into two partitions (Mac OS Extended) and transferred everything back. After attempting a time machine backup and it seizing up, I attempted to eject both partitions. It wasn't done correctly, and now when I plug in the external I can see the drive in Disk Utility and see the first Time Machine partition, but the second partition only comes up as the disk identifier (disk2s3). It cannot be repaired.
I've tried running Disk Warrior but it only sees the first partition (Time Machine) and not the partition I actually have files on (Nick's External). I am also unable to mount the second partition, either through Disk Utility or Terminal.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!!

Brad Cook wrote:
Disk Utility stopped reparing "Time Machine." Disk Utility can't repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files.
Does this mean the drive itself is failing?
Possibly, but not necessarily. The File System on the disk was so badly corrupted that Disk Utility couldn't fix it. That might indicate a problem with the drive. It's not unusual for consumer-quality (ie, inexpensive) drives to fail after 2-3 years, although many will run for several years. It's a bit of a crapshoot.
Before this problem happened, both partitions dropped off the Finder and the light on the drive went off.
Whatever caused that is another good possibility -- if a drive is improperly disconnected, OSX can't "close it out" properly, and that can cause damage to the file system. Sometimes Disk Utility can fix it, sometimes it can't. And sometimes heavy-duty 3rd-party disk repair apps like DiskWarrior can fix things Disk Utility can't.
A power dip or spike could have caused it, or an overheated electronic component, etc. If it has it's own power supply, be sure it's on a good (ie, not cheap) surge protector or U.P.S. system.
Otherwise, keep an eye on it. If you don't have "secondary" backups, this would be an excellent time to get another drive for that purpose. See #27 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions for some suggestions.
Bottom line: personally, I'd not trust my only backups to that drive.
(But then, I'd never trust my backups to any single drive, no matter how new or high-quality.)

Can't access to Fat Partition - Mount problem

Dear all
A few months ago I used disk utility and perform a partition. The idea was 3 partitions, 1 for mac (Journaled), 1 for bootcamp (NTFS) and 1 for transfer between the OSs (FAT).
And it worked OK, I can use mac when I want and Windows too, I put the files in the fat partition and read/write without any problem in the 2 OSs.
So, the fat partition for a lot of months worked OK, and almost all my files were saved in that partition, but last week I was copying too many gigas to the fat partition and I checked that fat partition was almost full. I thought well, usually mac tells you that is not enough space and you cannot copy more files, but IT DIDN'T DO IT and allow to copy and copy and copy. Well I continued working, later I turn off my computer (no close the lid) and at the next day when I turned on and started in MAC the partition doesn't appear. OMG!!!..... I entered to the disk utility and went to "Fisrt Aid", performed Verify, and Repair and it doesn't work.
It says.... bla bla bla,,, can`t repair, Back Up.... But How to Backup if there is not the option to access to the partition. In windows it says format?,, Of course not!
I tried to contact Mac support (I still have warranty, until April 16), but no solution was given.
I know that information is there, but I don't know how to recover and mount again the partition, because I have not formatted the partition. I have read a lot but before perform any action I would like to consult with you. I don't want to use apps that look for file to file, I just want to open my fat partition, find my organised folders and save the information in other place.
My info:
OS X Yosemite 10.10.2
MacBook Pro (13, Mid 2012)
Processor 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5
Storage: 1 TB
Fat partition: disk0s4 (Capacity 199.86 GB (199,860,682,752 Bytes))
Please, Can you help me?
Attached an image!!!
Thank you in advance!!!
Note: Sorry if I put in the wrong Category this post.

Hi!!
Well, after reading and trying to find the solution by mac, it was found in Windows.
MMM, well Attached the solution
So, let's to save the information!!!!!!
See You!!!

How can I mount a Raid set (partition in an external drive)?

Hi,
I have 3 partitions in my external drive. I tried to create a concatenated Raid from 2 of the partitions. However, I end up with an offline Raid Slice (one of the partitions is under this slice) which is grayed out in Disk Utility.
When I try to delete the Raid Set, I get "Deleting RAID set failed. This RAID configuration is not valid" warning. When I try to erase the RAID volume, I get "Volume Erase failed with the error:The chosen size is not valid for the chosen filesystem." warning. I cannot mount the volume either.
So, I have 2 of the 3 partitions mounted. The 3rd partition (which is under RAID) is unmounted. Do you have any suggestions to have access to the 3rd partition?
Thanks.

Why are you trying to RAID two partitions on the same drive? Aside from the fact that it doesn't work it also makes no sense when you can simply create a larger partition by joining the two into one.

Dolphin error: Can't mount partition: PermissionDeniedByPolicy....

Hello,
This is an aggrivating error that I've been dealing with for a while now -- ever since I switch to Arch from Kubuntu, actually. When I attempt to mount my Windows partition (NTFS) from the Dolphin file manager, this is the result:
An error occures while accessing 'Volume (ntfs)', the system responded:
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.PermissionDeniedByPolicy:
org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-fixed auth_admin_keep_always <-- (action,result)
I don't know whhow to fix this. I remember in Kubuntu if I attempted to mount a fixed disk, PolicyKit would pop up and ask for the password. This is the behavior I am looking for.
Also, before anyone asks, yes, i'm in the 'storage' group:
$ id
uid=1000(ryan) gid=1000(ryan) groups=7(lp),10(wheel),91(video),92(audio),93(optical),95(storage),96(scanner),97(camera),98(power),100(users),1000(ryan)
Anyone know how to fix this?

btw, here's my /etc/dbus-1/system.d/hal.conf:
<!DOCTYPE busconfig PUBLIC
"-//freedesktop//DTD D-BUS Bus Configuration 1.0//EN"
"http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/busconfig.dtd">
<busconfig>


<policy user="hal">
<allow own="org.freedesktop.Hal"/>
</policy>
<policy user="root">
<allow own="org.freedesktop.Hal"/>
</policy>

<policy context="default">
<allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.Hal"
send_interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable"/>
<allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.Hal"
send_interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" />
<allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.Hal"
send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device"/>
<allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.Hal"
send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Manager"/>
<allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.Hal"
send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.CPUFreq"/>
<allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.Hal"
send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.DockStation"/>
<allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.Hal"
send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.KillSwitch"/>
<allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.Hal"
send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.KeyboardBacklight"/>
<allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.Hal"
send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.LaptopPanel"/>
<allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.Hal"
send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Leds"/>
<allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.Hal"
send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.LightSensor"/>
<allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.Hal"
send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage"/>
<allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.Hal"
send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage.Removable"/>
<allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.Hal"
send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement"/>
<allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.Hal"
send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume"/>
<allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.Hal"
send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.Crypto"/>
<allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.Hal"
send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.WakeOnLan"/>
</policy>
</busconfig>

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i hope u get what i'm talking about now:)
the only thing i want to do is to mount the ntfs partition, because i have backed my old windows up and just want to copy it back with help of mac fuse.
anyone has any ideas??
thanx a lot

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