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

[Jean-Pierre]

In the above situation (full shutdown, with hibernation configured, but not enabled), what are the outputs of :
ls -l /windows/hiberfil.sys
head -c 8 /windows/hiberfil.sys | od -t x1
(/windows to be replaced by the mount point of the Windows8 system partition)
This obviously requires mounting in read-only mode (mount option "ro")

Note : refusing to mount is probably not a regression, but the correct
decision in the presence of data concealed by Windows8 and not synced to
disk, and there probably are cases where ntfs-3g should refuse to mount
but does 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) Shutdown Windows8 completely (without hibernating)
  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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