How do i mount my external drive

Miami_jim · Miami_jim #1 (**permalink**)

03-19-2008, 04:49 AM

I have a sony vaio drive which has stopped working on my Imac

The message I get reads

NTFS-3G could not mount /dev/disk1s1 at /volumes/60GB EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE

because the following problem occured

(Dollar sign)LogFile indicates unclean shutdown (0, 0) Failed to mount '/dev/disk1s1': Operation not supported Mount is denied because NTFS is marked to be in use. Choose one action

Choice 1 is windows so I will not put it here

Choice 2 : If you do not have windows then you can use the 'force' option for your own responsibility. For example type on the command line:

mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/disk1s1 /volumes/60Gb EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE -o force

or add the option to the relevant row in the /etc/fstab file:

/dev/disk1s1 /volumes/60GB EXTERNAL FARD DRIVE ntfs-3g force 0 0

I have tried the first option in the command line and still no joy, how do i do the second option, where is the etc/fstab file and how do i insert the line

Thanks Jim

snoslicer8 · snoslicer8 #2 (**permalink**)

03-19-2008, 09:05 AM

Can you try plugging the drive into a Windows machine and then "safely eject" the drive?

It sounds like there may be some corruption on the drive itself, so when the Mac OS X system tries to mount it, it thinks the drive is already in use.

Maybe if you plug it into a Windows machine (since it is using NTFS) and safely eject it, it'll fix whatever is corrupted?

Miami_jim · Miami_jim #3 (**permalink**)

03-19-2008, 09:13 AM

My God you are a genius...

Took about 10 seconds in total to fix that problem...

I feel quite stupid now......

Thankyou for your help...

Jim

snoslicer8 · snoslicer8 #4 (**permalink**)

03-19-2008, 09:22 AM

We here at MF do what we can. Don't be a stranger.

Miami_jim · Miami_jim #5 (**permalink**)

03-19-2008, 09:44 AM

I won't..
I only got my imac 4 weeks ago, I love it..

Have always been a PC user before, never go back now...

heatherearp · heatherearp #6 (**permalink**)

03-31-2008, 02:25 AM

So, I have the same problem/error message, but safely removing it from my windows side (my mbp is split) and restarting still got me the same error message??

Devo1974 · Devo1974 #7 (**permalink**)

10-25-2009, 05:45 AM

I had the same problem and used another PC to:
1. Plug in the external HD to the PC
2. "safely remove hardware" - note, apparently you cannot do that while you have a windows explorer session running, so close that.
3. Plugged in the external HD to Mac

And all ok now.

(I am using MacFUSE 2.0.3.)

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Member Since: Jul 18, 2006 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 471 Mac Specs: 15" Unibody MBP 2.4 Ghz C2D, 2 GB RAM, 250 GB HDD, 320 GB Time Machine HDD, 1 TB Ext Media Drive	03-19-2008, 09:05 AM Can you try plugging the drive into a Windows machine and then "safely eject" the drive? It sounds like there may be some corruption on the drive itself, so when the Mac OS X system tries to mount it, it thinks the drive is already in use. Maybe if you plug it into a Windows machine (since it is using NTFS) and safely eject it, it'll fix whatever is corrupted? MacBook Air Unibody Core i5 1.8 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 128 GB SSD, iPhone 4S 32 GB White
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Miami_jim #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 19, 2008 Posts: 9	03-19-2008, 04:49 AM I have a sony vaio drive which has stopped working on my Imac The message I get reads NTFS-3G could not mount /dev/disk1s1 at /volumes/60GB EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE because the following problem occured (Dollar sign)LogFile indicates unclean shutdown (0, 0) Failed to mount '/dev/disk1s1': Operation not supported Mount is denied because NTFS is marked to be in use. Choose one action Choice 1 is windows so I will not put it here Choice 2 : If you do not have windows then you can use the 'force' option for your own responsibility. For example type on the command line: mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/disk1s1 /volumes/60Gb EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE -o force or add the option to the relevant row in the /etc/fstab file: /dev/disk1s1 /volumes/60GB EXTERNAL FARD DRIVE ntfs-3g force 0 0 I have tried the first option in the command line and still no joy, how do i do the second option, where is the etc/fstab file and how do i insert the line Thanks Jim
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Miami_jim #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 19, 2008 Posts: 9	03-19-2008, 09:44 AM I won't.. I only got my imac 4 weeks ago, I love it.. Have always been a PC user before, never go back now...
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heatherearp #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 31, 2008 Posts: 1	03-31-2008, 02:25 AM So, I have the same problem/error message, but safely removing it from my windows side (my mbp is split) and restarting still got me the same error message??
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Devo1974 #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 13, 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 1 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro 15" (unibody) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.53 GHz, 4 GB Ram	10-25-2009, 05:45 AM I had the same problem and used another PC to: 1. Plug in the external HD to the PC 2. "safely remove hardware" - note, apparently you cannot do that while you have a windows explorer session running, so close that. 3. Plugged in the external HD to Mac And all ok now. (I am using MacFUSE 2.0.3.)
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