[Solved]Mount windows encrypted partition

Hi,
I have encrypted the Windows 7 system partition fully using truecrypt. In Linux when i try to mount that partition [/dev/sda1] it says "incorrect password of not a truecrypt partition". I am entering the same password which I use while booting into Windows, that is pre-boot password.:/
Last edited by sHyLoCk (2010-06-15 14:12:53)

Do you use the same truecrypt version on windows and linux? also to be able to mount encrypted systems you have to activate a separate checkbox telling that the partition is using system encryption in truecrypts mount dialog (don't know where exactly it is since I didn't use truecrypt in a while), otherwise it will show the error you mentioned.

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[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

Problems mounting windows (vfat) partition

Hi,
Im having this problem, i mount the vfat partition because i have some mp3 overthere and i want to listen with XMMS while in Arch.
Then, when i try to browse through XMMS file browser, i cant browse the vfat partition, the directories and files, all of them, appear at the right panel, like if they were all files, so i cant get "inside" the mp3 folder...
any clues??
mount command:
mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/win

since you are using /mnt as your destination directory, you need to make sure that you have changed permissions for that so that a user can access it if you haven't already. I usually mount mine in my /home/user/ directory to save the hassle and because it is more convenient.
here is some info on how to do it:
/dev/hda1 /home/user/windows vfat user,uid=500,gid=500 0 0
/dev/hdb1 /home/user/winmusic vfat user,uid=500,gid=500 0 0
*this will allow you to write to those directories. All you need to do in either case is save this as your new fstab file.
*to make sure your id's are 500, type "id" in your terminal, if they are something different than 500, substitute that number instead for both uid and gid.
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[Solved] Mount LUKS encrypted hard drive at boot

Hi,
This is driving me nuts. I'm getting angry to be honest.
I encrypted my brand new WD portable hard drive with LUKS + dm-crypt and I can now normally map and mount it with the following commands:
sudo cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sdc1 WesternDigital
[Enter Passphrase]
sudo mount /dev/mapper/WesternDigital /media/WesternDigital
I would like to map and mount it at boot time (where I should be prompted for the passphrase), so I edited:
/etc/crypttab
WesternDigital /dev/sdc1 none luks
and:
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During boot I get some errors regarding the decrypting or mapping of WesternDigital that fails but it's too fast to note down something (and, as you probably know, there's no known way to log boot messages on Arch...)
After boot if I try to manually mount /media/WesternDigital I get a message saying /dev/mapper/WesternDigital does not exist.
So I guess the problem is in the mapping phase and thus in the /etc/crypttab file.
I can't find anything in the internet but maybe I'm missing something very basic (a daemon, a module?).
Any help is indeed very appreciated, thank you.
Last edited by rent0n (2010-09-24 15:27:16)

Ok, it's solved. I tried many different configurations of /etc/crypttab, /etc/fstab, /etc/mkinitcpio.conf /etc/rc.conf /boot/grub/menu.lst and I finally found the right setup.
I'm not sure of what was wrong in the first place so I'll just post my current working configs for future reference.
/boot/grub/menu.lst
Doesn't need to be edited at all (ignore the above post).
/etc/rc.conf
You don't need to add any module here because the dm-crypt and dm-mod modules are loaded thanks to the encrypt hook.
/etc/mkinitcpio.conf
The HOOKS line should include usb, usbinput (probably) and encrypt. usb must precede encrypt that must precede filesystems:
HOOKS="base udev autodetect pata scsi sata usb usbinput keymap encrypt filesystems resume"
/etc/crypttab
WesternDigital /dev/sdX ASK
Do not insert 'luks', 'retry=X' or other kind of options (you can find this kind of options in many tutorials and howtos). That was one of my problems I guess.
/etc/fstab
/dev/mapper/WesternDigital /media/WesternDigital auto defaults,noatime 0 0
Note
I'm not sure if this has been helpful or not... however I was able to get it to work after following the advice found here.
Cheers,

[Solved] Mounting Windows Share

Well what a 2nd post this is!
I've just spent forever trying not to have to post for help but its time i do.
I'm trying to mount a windows share on bootup in autostart.sh so that mpd doesn't die via not being able to find the tunes.
It seams you HAVE to be root to do this. Yes sudo will work but you don't get a password prompt.
I've only found one useful thread from google but these solutions don't seam to work for me http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=272495
[dan@z0r ~]$ mount /mnt/shares/tank_d
mount: only root can mount //10.1.1.69/d$ on /mnt/shares/tank_d
Last edited by DanWA (2008-12-14 06:54:35)

Don't try and mount it at GUI start, mount it with all the other drives when your system starts. Put it in your /etc/fstab file so that it mounts at system boot - no password required.
Something similar to below. See the fstab link for exact details:
/dev/xxxx /mnt/shares/tank_d ntfs auto,user,rw 0 0
Bob
Last edited by Hrod beraht (2008-12-13 15:53:39)

[SOLVED] mounted windows shares from fstab dont stay mounted

i have windows shares mounted through fstab and when i first boot up, they are mounted fine, but after a certain amount of time (not sure how long it takes) they disappear and it hangs thunar (oh yeah, using xfce) and i have to reboot to get them back. running mount -a doesnt bring them back
line from fstab
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Last edited by dodgefan (2011-08-03 20:01:44)

thanks anyway, figured it out, installed autofs and setup everything to mount to /media and made links to my home folder

Additional, encrypted partition mounted as /Users

Recently I removed DVD-ROM drive from my MacBook Pro and installed 60GB SSD for system (in regular HDD bay) and my old HDD instead of DVD drive.
My plan is to use fast SSD drive for system and the HDD for data.
I would like to have my HDD partition mounted as /Users so all users' home directories are stored on HDD.
I read this article: http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/1935/lions-whole-disk-encryption but it seams there is a problem with logging in if the user's home directory resides on separate encrypted partition.
My question is:
Is there any chance I can have "fully functional" /Users directory mounted as additional encrypted partition?
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Mike

Hi Linc,
Thanks for your answer.
No, because the Users volume would already have to be unlocked and mounted before you could log in, and that's impossible.
I don't think it is impossible. I would reather say: "Apple makes it difficult to do".
I barely see any problem with mounting other partitions on the system level during boot.
The question is: "How hard is it to do that now?"
The second question is: "When (and how) Apple will make it easier?"
The best you could do would be to log in, mount the volume as root at /Users, then log out and log in again. I wouldn't recommend that you try this.
Yeah... I don't feel like log in two times. I wouldn't recommend it either.
I have another idea which is:
1. Mount addtitional encrypted partition as /Volumes/Whatever
2. Create directories like:
/Volumes/Whatever/Documents
/Volumes/Whatever/Pictures
/Volumes/Whatever/Music
/Volumes/Whatever/Library
3. Mount these directories in places under /Users/MyUser/... during login.
So there are other questions:
1. How to do it the "Mac way"?
2. There are maybe some directories which probably can not be mounted this way as its content can be necessary for login process to perform (probably some subdirectories of Library). Is it the case?
Cheers,
Mike

[SOLVED] Error mounting a Fat32 partition

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P.D. I've been doing all these switching back and forwrad between windows and linux. I have always hibernated windows. I don't think this is the problem, but I will shut Windows down completely to see if it was the Chkdsk utility.
Last edited by robertoprs (2009-02-09 07:07:34)

Sorry, I forgot to post the answer...
So I just needed to restart Windows after using Chkdsk. Now I can read and write even when Windows is only hibernated. I'm just curious. I understand that this problem was a very stupid question, but it wasn't obvious to me that Chkdsk needed a reboot to "let go" the partition. Why is that?
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How can I force mount a dvd that isn't even seen by Disk Utility? I can see it on the Mac when using my Windows 7 partition via Boot Camp, but not in Lion, which is how I would rather be running.

How can I force mount a dvd that isn't even seen by Disk Utility? I can see it on the Mac when using my Windows 7 partition via Boot Camp, but not in Lion, which is how I would rather be running.

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Windows doesn't use EFI, will have UEFI in Windows 8 though.

OS X: Windows 7 partition not mounted

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Prevent Encrypted Partition From Mounting at Boot

I have an external USB HDD partitioned into two. Both partitons are encrypted. I use partition A for a time machine backup for my mac, and the other (when pluged in to a different macbook) is used similarly for that machine. Every time I boot up, or plug the drive in, I get 2 dialogue boxes asking me to enter passwords - one for each partiton.
I'd like is to set my OS to not mount the second partition on boot at all (no password dialogue / no disk in finder). If I need to mount it, I'd like to be able to do so via Disk Utility.
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It seems that the fstab method doesn't work with CoreStorage volumes.
Yes, that's correct. Core Storage doesn't look at fstab at all.
If the only Core Storage volumes you have are encrypted containers, you can achieve the desired outcome by disabling boot time invocation of the Core Storage daemon. Please note that Apple's Fusion Drive technology relies on Core Storage, so if you have a system with Fusion Drive, this workaround may break your computer.
Linc Davis wrote:
There is no way I know of to prevent automounting of CoreStorage volumes selectively. You may be able to prevent all CS volumes from automounting by deleting or commenting out the "LaunchEvents" key in this file:
That's the idea, but good heavens, don't comment things out in launch plists! Do it right, use launchctl.
The Core Storage daemon normally runs at boot, and manages logical volumes assigned to Core Storage—specifically, in the OP's case, encrypted containers. If you have no other mission-critical Core Storage volumes, you may use the launchctl command to disable the Core Storage daemon, using the unload -w argument, as per the launchctl man page:
unload [-w] [-S sessiontype] [-D domain] paths ...
              Unload the specified configuration files or directories of con-
              figuration files. This will also stop the job if it is running.
              -w       Overrides the Disabled key and sets it to true. In pre-
                       vious versions, this option would modify the configura-
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So, in Terminal, the command to prevent Core Storage from running at boot time would be as follows:
$ sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.corestorage.corestoraged.plist
Please note again that Apple's Fusion Drive technology relies on Core Storage, so if you have a system with Fusion Drive, this workaround may break your computer.
After disabling the Core Storage daemon, you may still mount encrypted volumes using Disk Utility, or the command line (hdiutil attach /dev/diskX where /dev/diskX is the encrypted container).
Hope this helps.

(SOLVED) Dualboot Windows + Arch Linux (Windows boot partition)

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Last edited by AlexCogn (2012-10-02 15:02:10)

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AlexCogn wrote:When I do that Windows just starts.
Then you didn't install grub to the MBR. Don't forget, installing the package isn't enough, you actually have to install grub to sda as a separate step.
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