Hi All.
Please help. I can’t connect my portable USB3.0 disk to just installed Manjaro.
It works properly with Windows and Linux MINT (just checked). I need NTFS for compatibility with many PCs.
ntfs-3g /dev/sdb3 /mnt/sdb3
Unexpected sectors per cluster value (248).
Failed to mount '/dev/sdb3': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/sdb3' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?
don’t work with message:
Unexpected cluster size (131072).
Failed to mount ‘/dev/sdb6’: Invalid argument
The device ‘/dev/sdb6’ doesn’t seem to have a valid NTFS.
Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?
I copied mount string from Linux MINT where all working: dev/sdb6 on /media/username/Lib(Port) type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096,uhelper=udisks2)
But it doesn’t work with Manjaro
# ls -l /dev/sdb6
brw-rw-rw- 1 root disk 8, 22 чер 16 16:21 /dev/sdb6
# ntfs-3g -v
ntfs-3g: No device is specified.
ntfs-3g 2017.3.23 external FUSE 29 - Third Generation NTFS Driver Configuration type 7, XATTRS are on, POSIX ACLS are on
mount -av
/ : ignored
/boot/efi : already mounted
Unexpected sectors per cluster value (248).
Failed to mount '/dev/sdb5': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/sdb5' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?
String from fstab: UUID=8434C7EF34C7E272 /run/media/username/lib ntfs-3g defaults,noatime 0 2
Thank you, i’ll learn this paper and try to do instruction. And answer.
I just check my USB portable disk with Ubuntu. It works good like Linux MINT and connect disk automatically.
My be problem with version of ntfs-3g. Ubuntu has it:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ntfs-3g -v
ntfs-3g: No device is specified.
ntfs-3g 2017.3.23AR.3 integrated FUSE 28 - Third Generation NTFS Driver
Configuration type 7, XATTRS are on, POSIX ACLS are on
Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Yura Pakhuchiy
Copyright (C) 2006-2009 Szabolcs Szakacsits
Copyright (C) 2007-2017 Jean-Pierre Andre
Copyright (C) 2009 Erik Larsson
Fail with same code: Unexpected sectors per cluster value (248)
Mounting Mount USB portable...
░░ Subject: A start job for unit data-lib.mount has begun execution
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://forum.manjaro.org/c/support
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░░ A start job for unit data-lib.mount has begun execution.
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░░ The job identifier is 2555.
чер 17 18:03:52 user-systemproductname mount[2944]: Unexpected sectors per cluster value (248).
чер 17 18:03:52 user-systemproductname mount[2944]: Failed to mount '/dev/sdb5': Invalid argument
чер 17 18:03:52 user-systemproductname mount[2944]: The device '/dev/sdb5' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
чер 17 18:03:52 user-systemproductname mount[2944]: Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
чер 17 18:03:52 user-systemproductname mount[2944]: partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?
чер 17 18:03:52 user-systemproductname systemd[1]: data-lib.mount: Mount process exited, code=exited, status=12/n/a
░░ Subject: Unit process exited
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░░ Support: https://forum.manjaro.org/c/support
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░░ An n/a= process belonging to unit data-lib.mount has exited.
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░░ The process' exit code is 'exited' and its exit status is 12.
чер 17 18:03:52 user-systemproductname systemd[1]: data-lib.mount: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
░░ Subject: Unit failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://forum.manjaro.org/c/support
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░░ The unit data-lib.mount has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
чер 17 18:03:52 user-systemproductname systemd[1]: Failed to mount Mount USB portable.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit data-lib.mount has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://forum.manjaro.org/c/support
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░░ A start job for unit data-lib.mount has finished with a failure.
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░░ The job identifier is 2555 and the job result is failed.
Hi wowa,
A bit late maybe, but the ntfs-3g library in the main Arch repositories is quite old, you say it works fine for you on Ubuntu. Could that be a consequence of:
While Tuxera Ltd. rarely releases updates to the NTFS-3G software, the software’s main maintainer Jean-Pierre André has kept the development active on SourceForge, providing bug fixes and new features. He runs a parallel release system on his website as the NTFS-3G Advanced Version (NTFS-3G AR). Each version is run through a test suite and is considered stable. Linux distributions that have switched to NTFS-3G AR include Debian and its derivatives Ubuntu, PureOS, Pardus, Parrot OS, Trisquel, Gentoo Linux, and LiGurOS
