From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 3 01:09:31 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31F9B106566C for ; Sun, 3 Oct 2010 01:09:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E271C8FC12 for ; Sun, 3 Oct 2010 01:09:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o9319Rtw083869; Sat, 2 Oct 2010 19:09:27 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) with ESMTP id o9319RFD083866; Sat, 2 Oct 2010 19:09:27 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 19:09:27 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Robert In-Reply-To: <20101002165150.01e0cac0@asus64> Message-ID: References: <20101002113640.2ab36871@asus64> <20101002165150.01e0cac0@asus64> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.6 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Sat, 02 Oct 2010 19:09:28 -0600 (MDT) Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: OT: fdisk X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2010 01:09:31 -0000 On Sat, 2 Oct 2010, Robert wrote: > But I cannot mount /dev/da1s1 > > ~> sudo mount_ntfs /dev/da1s1 /mnt > mount_ntfs: /dev/da1s1: Invalid argument It's weird that da1 can be mounted, but da1s1 can't. Maybe a problem with the filesystem. Might be repairable, although probably it would need proprietary programs. Don't experiment with the original drive, make a copy with dd for experimenting.