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On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 6:40 PM,
Hi Everyone,
This is my first email to the support mailing list - I've been being more active on the forums, but am new to the mailing list. I ran into an issue and it was recommended to me that I give it a shot asking for advice here.
The issue I am having is described in http://forums.opensuse.org/applications/408967-mounting-ntfs-drive-image-off...
In a nutshell, I have an image of an NTFS drive created with dd_rescue. The image was of the entire device, not just a partition. I am trying to mount this under Suse 11.1 using a loopback device and specifying the offset value.
However, not matter what I try, I can not seem to make this work.
When I actually go to mount it the mount command hangs interminably, or results in an error:
Callandor:~ # Cannot create link /etc/mtab~ Perhaps there is a stale lock file?
(More info with output from the way I am creating the loop device and the offset can be found in the above forum post if you would like to see the specifics.)
This is a curious matter for me, and I would like to get it resolved and would much appreciate any suggestions anyone may have.
Thank you for your time.
Cheers, Pete
The mount command looks right. And like you I can't remember if the offset should be 63 * 512 or 64 * 512. The easy way to check is do a "od -cv /dev/loop4 | head". (Obviously use your loop device.) A ntfs partition has the word NTFS in the first sector. ie. the sector your offset should point to. Can you mount / unmount anything? I'm guessing not. Also, do you really have /etc/mtab~. I don't. It may be as simple as deleting that. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org