ls sees disk but mount_ntfs doesn't

[Chris Whitehouse]

Chris Whitehouse wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to get some data off a laptop. The disk is buried inside 
> somewhere so to avoid dismantling the laptop I am trying to mount it 
> using a FreeBSD livefs cd (7.0RC1).
> 
> Note all the commands and output below are typed up by hand but I think 
> they are accurate.
> 
> Fixit# ls -l /dev/ad0s2
> crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  94 Jan 31 13:39 /dev/ad0s2
> Fixit# mount_ntfs -o ro /dev/ad0s2 /mnt
> mount_ntfs: /dev/ad0s2: No such file or director
> 
> 
> So I thought I would try using ntfs-3g which I would prefer anyway as it 
>  is probably safer.
> 
> Fixit# pkg_add -r fusefs-ntfs
> Fetching ftp://[pathto]fusefs-ntfs.tbs...pkg_add: warning error writing 
> to tar: Broken pipe Done.
> pkg_add: unable to open table of contents of file '+CONTENTS' - not a 
> package?
> Fixit#
> 
> Lastly dmesg shows:
> GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider ad0s2 is ntfs/HDD.
> 
> So how can I mount the hard disk?
> 
> Or can anyone suggest an alternative way to get the data other than 
> dismantling the laptop? I've tried ping which is a linux based disk 
> cloning livecd but it can't see network or a usb hard drive.
> 
> As a secondary question, could ntfs-3g be included in the livefs CD? It 
> seems like quite a useful utility to have.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Chris
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I missed a bit out. The laptop is running XP and won't boot fully to 
windows, but far enough that I think the hardware is ok.

Chris