06-07-2024, 12:25 PM
Ok, LL7 is detecting that the NFTS partition is 'dirty'.
NTFS drives use flags which are Windows specific and don't translate on non-Windows systems.
These are used for things like suspend, encryption etc.
A previous use on a Windows system may left it with one of the NTFS flags set.
You have at least three options.
1) Put the drive in a Windows system and try to clear the flag. This would normally be the best option - if it was just an NTFS drive.
Simply opening the NTFS partition in Windows and then doing a safe removal may tidy it up enough for Linux to be happy with it.
The problem with a dual partition drive is that Windows will try to get you to reformat because it doesn't understand ext4.
I'd be wary of doing the chkdsk as suggested by the log.
2) Change the Linux system so that it will force mount a dirty disk. This is probably what is happening when you mount from the command line.
Again this is unsatisfactory because it does not solve the root cause.
3) In your position, I would get all the data I want safely off the USB and then recreate the partitions and copy the data back.
Taking care to 'safely' remove the USB after use in both systems may help prevent it happening again.
Linux support for NTFS has relatively recently been incorporated into the kernel. The kernel used by LL7 has this native support for NTFS. Previous versions (LL6, LL5 etc) had older kernels in which the function required additional software called ntfs-3g.
This may be the explanation for why your LL7 system is more 'picky' about this drive than older set ups.
NTFS drives use flags which are Windows specific and don't translate on non-Windows systems.
These are used for things like suspend, encryption etc.
A previous use on a Windows system may left it with one of the NTFS flags set.
You have at least three options.
1) Put the drive in a Windows system and try to clear the flag. This would normally be the best option - if it was just an NTFS drive.
Simply opening the NTFS partition in Windows and then doing a safe removal may tidy it up enough for Linux to be happy with it.
The problem with a dual partition drive is that Windows will try to get you to reformat because it doesn't understand ext4.
I'd be wary of doing the chkdsk as suggested by the log.
2) Change the Linux system so that it will force mount a dirty disk. This is probably what is happening when you mount from the command line.
Again this is unsatisfactory because it does not solve the root cause.
3) In your position, I would get all the data I want safely off the USB and then recreate the partitions and copy the data back.
Taking care to 'safely' remove the USB after use in both systems may help prevent it happening again.
Linux support for NTFS has relatively recently been incorporated into the kernel. The kernel used by LL7 has this native support for NTFS. Previous versions (LL6, LL5 etc) had older kernels in which the function required additional software called ntfs-3g.
This may be the explanation for why your LL7 system is more 'picky' about this drive than older set ups.
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