[Bug 1043149] Re: [regression since 12.04] ntfs-3g refuses to mount Windows8 not using hibernation

[YannUbuntu]

For those reading French, please see some test results here:
http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?pid=10585481#p10585481

************ Here is my SUMMARY:

- Malbo's post#34 Steps 1, 4 & 7: after using Win8RP "Hibernation" (long sleep), the hiberfil.sys md5 has always changed (Steps 4 and 7), and it always left the "48 49 42 52 09 00 00 00" signature:
head -c 8 /media/Acer/hiberfil.sys | od -t x1
0000000 48 49 42 52 09 00 00 00
0000010

- Steps 2, 5 et 6: after using Win8RP "Restart", Malbo observed 2 cases:
once the signature changed (Step 5), twice it didn't change (Step 2 and
6).  So once the signature remained "48 49 42 52 09 00 00 00" (Step2),
but twice it became or remained "57 41 4b 45 09 00 00 00" (Step 5 and
6).

- Step 3 and post#37: after using Win8RP "ShutDown", the signature did
not change: at Step3 it remained "48 49 42 52 09 00 00 00", and in #37
it remained "57 41 4b 45 09 00 00 00".

************ My current CONCLUSIONS:

1) if signature is NOT "48 49 42 52 09 00 00 00", then Win8RP is NOT HIBERNATED. It is either restarted or ShutDown.
2) if signature is "48 49 42 52 09 00 00 00", then Win8RP is either hibernated, or restarted, or shutdown.

--> checking the result of "head -c 8 /media/Acer/hiberfil.sys | od -t
x1" is NOT ALWAYS enough to determine if Win8RP is hibernated or not.

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Title:
  [regression since 12.04] ntfs-3g refuses to mount Windows8 not using
  hibernation

Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “ntfs-3g” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Bug reported by Malbo (ubuntu-fr member): http://forum.ubuntu-
  fr.org/viewtopic.php?pid=10558721#p10558721

  HOW TO REPRODUCE:
  1) Boot into Windows8, use its "Restart" button
  2) From Ubuntu 12.04, try to mount the Windows8 partition:
  sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb8 /media/Windows8partition

  EXPECTED RESULT:
  The Windows partition is mounted in write/read mode.

  OBSERVED RESULT:
  The partition is not mounted. The output of the command is:
    Windows is hibernated, refused to mount.
    Failed to mount '/dev/sdb8': Opération non permise
    The NTFS partition is hibernated. Please resume and shutdown Windows
    properly, or mount the volume read-only with the 'ro' mount option, or
    mount the volume read-write with the 'remove_hiberfile' mount option.
    For example type on the command line:
              mount -t ntfs-3g -o remove_hiberfile /dev/sdb8 /media/Windows8partition

  Remarks:
  - this bug is not present in 11.10
  - this bug is severe as it makes Wubi fail on Win8 ( Bug #1042159 )

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