Problem mounting 1 NTFS partition

[papa0tter]

I have 5 NTFS drives all mounted and useable but just cannot get the second partition on one of the drives to mount/work. The first partition is mounted and accessible but the second partition of this drive refuses to budge.

I have installed, reinstalled and removed ntfs configuration and nothing has changed. All drives remain the same. Please help as this partition has most of my music and I have run out of ideas.

I am a linux newb but have put in about 2 days work trying to get this thing to mount.

Using Hardy Heron 8.04, everything worked fine before the upgrade.

Help me ubuntu forum, your my only hope!

[kpkeerthi]

Run these commands in a terminal and post back the errors:

sudo mkdir /media/MyDisk
sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /media/MyDisk

Note: Change /dev/sda1 to appropriate device as applicable to you. You can find the device name using

sudo fdisk -l

[papa0tter]

I think it kinda worked but maybe I mounted the wrong disk?

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdf1 * 1 30400 244187968+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
futak@ubuntu:~$ sudo mkdir /media/MyDisk
mkdir: cannot create directory `/media/MyDisk': File exists
futak@ubuntu:~$ sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdf1 /media/MyDisk
fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy

I typed in what you said but failed to change the drive in your note the first time. So the files in the new directory appeared to be linked to files from a different drive.

This stuff is still very confusing for me.

[kpkeerthi]

Change it to as below since you already have another partition mounted to /media/MyDisk

sudo mkdir /media/MyNTFSDisk
sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdf1 /media/MyNTFSDisk

[papa0tter]

Thank you, that worked. But still for the wrong disk.

I need a do over button as I think I am messing up this install.

[papa0tter]

IT WORKED!

Thank you, I tried messing around some more with fdisk -l and found I was just using the wrong (drive letter)?

Anyways it is now mounted thanks so much for the help kpkeerthi!

I owe you a beer.