Fwd: NTFS not seen in Kubuntu 24
Stephen Constantinou
stephanos at writeme.com
Mon Jan 6 01:43:28 UTC 2025
Dear Ralf
Thanks. I understand the instruction to make a directory into which the
mounted drives files and folders will appear. However, I am having
difficulty finding the device. fdisk identifies the 2 HDD on the
computer. There is a master (/dev/sda) and slave (/dev/sdb). However,
when attached the ExtHDD does not get listed when I use fdisk
Here are some more commands
stephanos at stephen-ms7b98:~$ sudo modprobe ntfs3
stephanos at stephen-ms7b98:~$ sudo mount /dev/sdc /home/stephanos/ExtHDD
mount: /home/stephanos/ExtHDD: special device /dev/sdc does not exist.
dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call.
stephanos at stephen-ms7b98:~$
The fdisk command output:
stephanos at stephen-ms7b98:~$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for stephanos:
Disk /dev/loop0: 4 KiB, 4096 bytes, 8 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop1: 74.27 MiB, 77881344 bytes, 152112 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop2: 161.68 MiB, 169533440 bytes, 331120 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop3: 73.87 MiB, 77459456 bytes, 151288 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop4: 4.08 MiB, 4276224 bytes, 8352 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop5: 62.16 MiB, 65175552 bytes, 127296 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop6: 269.77 MiB, 282873856 bytes, 552488 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop7: 273.68 MiB, 286969856 bytes, 560488 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/sda: 1.82 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 sectors
Disk model: Hitachi HDS5C302
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: ACFFC72F-5168-482E-9F80-1FC4D5A086A6
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sda1 4096 618495 614400 300M EFI System
/dev/sda2 618496 3907024064 3906405569 1.8T Linux filesystem
Disk /dev/sdb: 931.51 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Disk model: WDC WD10EZEX-08W
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 0A160529-93A0-4BED-B848-626CCE28170C
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sdb1 2048 1050623 1048576 512M EFI System
/dev/sdb2 1050624 1953523711 1952473088 931G Linux filesystem
Disk /dev/loop8: 10.72 MiB, 11239424 bytes, 21952 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop9: 66.17 MiB, 69382144 bytes, 135512 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop10: 11.11 MiB, 11649024 bytes, 22752 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop11: 505.09 MiB, 529625088 bytes, 1034424 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop12: 406.26 MiB, 425996288 bytes, 832024 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop13: 91.69 MiB, 96141312 bytes, 187776 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop14: 1.46 GiB, 1571475456 bytes, 3069288 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop15: 437.62 MiB, 458878976 bytes, 896248 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop16: 371.32 MiB, 389361664 bytes, 760472 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop17: 211.49 MiB, 221761536 bytes, 433128 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop18: 171.19 MiB, 179503104 bytes, 350592 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop19: 38.83 MiB, 40714240 bytes, 79520 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop20: 44.3 MiB, 46448640 bytes, 90720 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop21: 149.63 MiB, 156901376 bytes, 306448 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop22: 150.59 MiB, 157908992 bytes, 308416 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop23: 443.99 MiB, 465559552 bytes, 909296 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
stephanos at stephen-ms7b98:~$
Wait to hear
-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: Re: NTFS not seen in Kubuntu 24
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2025 01:17:47 +0100
From: Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Reply-To: Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
CC: Ralf Mardorf <kde.lists at yahoo.com>
On Sun, 2025-01-05 at 22:15 +0000, Stephen Constantinou wrote:
> lsmod | grep ntfs
> This command did not output anything
You should get an output when running
modinfo ntfs3
if so, then you don't need to install ntfs-3g as suggested by Colin,
since this module is provided by the kernel.
To load the module run
sudo modprobe ntfs3
then create a mount point by running
sudo mkdir /mnt/ntfs
and finally mount the partition.
sudo mount -t ntfs3 /dev/sdxY /mnt/ntfs
replace x and Y in sdxY with the correct values, it might be sdb1, you
can run gparted to see which drive it is.
I can't comment on "prealloc", "windows_names" etc., the Arch Wiki
provides some pointers: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NTFS
I found a German Ubuntu related Wiki, but didn't read it. It seems to
suggest using ntfs-3g,
https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Windows-Partitionen_einbinden/NTFS-3G/ and
points out a few pitfalls.
IIUC the NTFS partition should be used to share data and doesn't contain
a Windows install, if so, consider to use another Windows compatible
file system.
If possible I would use FAT, e.g. FAT32, but it has got limitations, so
the only alternative to NTFS might be exFAT and exFAT is similar
annoying as NTFS. However, if FAT32 should provide everything you need,
it's usage is easy, so go with FAT32.
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