[Bug 386748] Re: ntfs fails to unmount

[jbowen7]

rockfx01,

That's correct, it isn't a Ubuntu bug as far as I can tell, but then again I
can't remember if I improperly shutdown the computer when I was using Ubuntu
or the other distro; I've been up all night and my memory is foggy, and
since I can't remember this should probably not be marked as a bug.

I'm sorry my explanation was a little sloppy; i had been using "sudo" and I
wasn't including "type," and there was a syntax error. I have since forced
the mount and have been able to access the files. About ten minutes ago,
after extensive searching, I found the boot up disk. I ran the recovery
consul and found the problem to be in the boot files. I rebuilt the boot
files and it boots fine now. At the moment I'm trying to recreate the
problem.

I wasn't sure where to post this problem but I have registered with
brainstorm and will familiarize myself with that forum for my next one.

Thank you Tim,

jbowen7
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 11:06 AM, rockfx01 <tim at filmchicago.org> wrote:

> Hi jbowen,
>
> Just to confirm, this error happened after an improper shutdown with a
> non-Ubuntu distro and is therefore not an Ubuntu bug, correct?
>
> The command you wrote looks incorrect: "type mount -t ntfs -3g
> /dev/sda2/media/disk -o force".  Firstly, you need to use 'sudo' in
> Ubuntu to manually mount a disk.  Second, the word 'type' should not be
> in the command.  Also, you need a space between '/dev/sda2' and
> '/media/disk'.  Try it again like this: "sudo mount -t ntfs -3g
> /dev/sda2 /media/disk -o force".  It will ask you for your password.  I
> think with the live cd you can just press <Enter>.  If it still fails,
> please post the failure message here.
>
> Also if the above fails, please post the output of "sudo fdisk -l"
>
> You may also be interested in this Ubuntu Brainstorm page:
> http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/18018/
>
> ** Package changed: ubuntu => ntfs-3g (Ubuntu)
>
> ** Changed in: ntfs-3g (Ubuntu)
>       Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> ntfs fails to unmount
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/386748
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> Status in “ntfs-3g” source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> 1) Hardy 8.04.2
> 2)"W: Unable to locate package packagename"
>
>
>
> First off this isn't an install of hardy, I'm using the "try ubuntu without
> any change to your computer" to show my parents the OS to try and convert
> them from XP since they've been having problems with the OS. I was trying to
> back up some doc files to save onto Ubuntu, had they liked it, but only had
> access to my dad's account, my mom was gone so I ran another distro of linux
> which had ophcrack on it to recover my mother's password. The program failed
> to find tables which is odd since I've used the disk before and checked it
> on another computer afterwards, so I decided to mount the hard drive to get
> password hashes. At this point my father called my mother and got the
> password.. so the passwords are recovered, but, when I was trying to reboot
> the computer to XP the linux distro wouldn't quit, so I did a hard shutdown
> (held the power button). That was a bad idea. NFTS is still mounted to the
> other linux distro and I can't seem to unmount, so, windows won't boot and
> gives me that dreaded blue screen saying something about unclean shutdown
> blah blah.. The windows XP disk has vanished so the recovery consul isn't an
> option right now, and it won't boot to safe mode. I'm now back on the "try
> ubuntu" for trouble shooting; this is the error I get when I try to mount
> the hard drive: " Cannot mount volume.   Details: $logfile indicates unclean
> shutdown (0,1) Failed to mount ' dev/sda2': operationnot supported mount is
> denied because NTFS is marked to be in use." then it goes on to explain
> options, of which the only one that applies is: "type mount -t ntfs -3g
> /dev/sda2/media/disk -o force" which I tried.
> Any ideas how to force an unmount?
>

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