force mount hard drive

Sinkingships7

running the live cd, ubuntu won't mount my hard drive. i get an error basically telling me that windows is still using it, and that i can either go to windows and disconnect the device (via the 'safely remove hardware' icon on the system tray) or i can force mount it.

i can't continue with a full wipe-out installation because the installer is stuck on the part with formatting the drive, because it's not mounted.

does anyone know a command i can use to force mount my hard drive, or an alternate solution?

Sinkingships7

bump. anyone?

Rocket2DMn

You gotta give longer than 8 minutes to get a response man, it's rude to bump that early

In any case, you can force it to mount with

Code:

sudo mkdir /media/windows
sudo mount /dev/(yourdevice) /media/windows -o force

Then unmount and let the installer deal with it

Code:

sudo umount /media/windows

oedha

if windows still using it....you have to make sure that you have shutdown windows properly before get to ubuntu

February 11th, 2008	#1
Sinkingships7 Skinny Soy Caramel Ubuntu Join Date: Nov 2007 Beans: 695 Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope	force mount hard drive running the live cd, ubuntu won't mount my hard drive. i get an error basically telling me that windows is still using it, and that i can either go to windows and disconnect the device (via the 'safely remove hardware' icon on the system tray) or i can force mount it. i can't continue with a full wipe-out installation because the installer is stuck on the part with formatting the drive, because it's not mounted. does anyone know a command i can use to force mount my hard drive, or an alternate solution? __________________ Programming is an art. Learn it. Live it. Love it.

February 11th, 2008	#2
Sinkingships7 Skinny Soy Caramel Ubuntu Join Date: Nov 2007 Beans: 695 Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope	Re: force mount hard drive bump. anyone? __________________ Programming is an art. Learn it. Live it. Love it.

February 11th, 2008	#3
Rocket2DMn Twilight Master Bumper Join Date: May 2007 Location: New Jersey Beans: 6,368 Ubuntu Development Release	Re: force mount hard drive You gotta give longer than 8 minutes to get a response man, it's rude to bump that early In any case, you can force it to mount with Code: sudo mkdir /media/windows sudo mount /dev/(yourdevice) /media/windows -o force Then unmount and let the installer deal with it Code: sudo umount /media/windows __________________ Beginners Guide to Filing Bug Reports \| Ubuntu Security \| Grub2 Troubleshooting Suspend/Resume: Remotely Backtrace X The Bump Thread - as pointless as it sounds.

February 11th, 2008	#4
oedha Has an Ubuntu Drip Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Indonesia Beans: 768 Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope	Re: force mount hard drive if windows still using it....you have to make sure that you have shutdown windows properly before get to ubuntu __________________ Regards; ~E~ http://www.quityour9to5.ws/

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