#1 2016-11-05 13:08:31

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[SOLVED] Unable to mount partitions on file manager

I have two other partitions formated in fat32 and ntfs file system. Here's the fdisk -l output

Disk /dev/sda: 465.8 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x1ce32529

Device     Boot     Start       End   Sectors   Size Id Type
/dev/sda1            2048   1026047   1024000   500M  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2         1026048 104859647 103833600  49.5G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3  *    104859648 125831167  20971520    10G 83 Linux
/dev/sda4       125833214 976771071 850937858 405.8G  5 Extended
/dev/sda5       125833216 134219775   8386560     4G 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6       134221824 976771071 842549248 401.8G  b W95 FAT32

On file manager, when I click on sda2 or sda6 to mount, I get two pop ups one after another.

that says authenticate, however doesn't give the fields to enter the root password. In a fraction of a second, the content changes to .

Then appears saying "Failed to mount [devicename]. Not authorized to perform operation."

Any help?

Last edited by linux_user (2016-12-17 18:35:03)

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Re: [SOLVED] Unable to mount partitions on file manager

I don't have any NTFS partitions to check this, can you reproduce the problem if you load up the BunsenLabs ISO image and select the "live" session?

Perhaps you are missing some packages because of your sources.list problems described in https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=2958

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Re: [SOLVED] Unable to mount partitions on file manager

I don't think it is because of the NTFS format. I have an external hard disk in ntfs and file manager has no problem mounting it. However, I shall try mounting the same partitions using the live stick and update.

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Re: [SOLVED] Unable to mount partitions on file manager

Apparently, it was because of some issues which I am not aware of, but I was able to mount them after a reboot.

For others reading this, please note that, you can only load an ntfs partition that is preformated. You cannot mount an ntfs partition that has been formated by gparted unless ntfs-3g in installed. Linux needs this driver to properly format ntfs driver.

Last edited by linux_user (2018-10-19 11:07:35)

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