I just installed OS X Leopard 10.5.2 not long ago on my PC (system specs below) and everything has been working pretty well so far. It has no problem reading my external hard drive formatted to NTFS, but I also have an internal NTFS drive windows is installed on. It has been unable to read that at all. I tried going into Disk Utility to mount it but it gives me an error telling me that I should try a Repair Disk, but the Repair option is greyed out and it wont let me select it. I know I'm probably not giving a ton of information about the problems, but are there any terminal commands I can type in to get more information on the problem. I'm not really that experienced with terminal commands. So any help would be appreciated.
PS- I don't believe I have NTFS-3g installed at the moment, but all I really care about is reading the drive.
EDIT - RESOLVED
I was right. I went onto the drivers forum and downloaded the nForce 4 ATA kext. Chmodded it and repaired permissions on it and it works well. Here's a link to it: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=35985
Full Version: Read NTFS drive
First install MacFUSE:
http://macfuse.googlecode.com/files/MacFUS...-10.5-1.3.1.dmg
Then install ntfs-3g:
http://hem.bredband.net/unsound/ntfs-3g/NT...-catacombae.dmg
http://macfuse.googlecode.com/files/MacFUS...-10.5-1.3.1.dmg
Then install ntfs-3g:
http://hem.bredband.net/unsound/ntfs-3g/NT...-catacombae.dmg
EDIT
Okay I followed an NTFS-3g tutorial and I got some terminal information ill show you guys. It gives some things I can try, but im not too sure.
Okay I followed an NTFS-3g tutorial and I got some terminal information ill show you guys. It gives some things I can try, but im not too sure.
CODE
new-host-4:~ alan$ mkdir /Volumes/Windows
new-host-4:~ alan$ sudo /usr/local/bin/ntfs-3g /dev/disk0s1 /Volumes/Windows
Error reading bootsector: Input/output error
Failed to mount '/dev/disk0s1': Input/output error
NTFS is either inconsistent, or you have hardware faults, or you have a
SoftRAID/FakeRAID hardware. In the first case run chkdsk /f on Windows
then reboot into Windows TWICE. The usage of the /f parameter is very
important! If you have SoftRAID/FakeRAID then first you must activate
it and mount a different device under the /dev/mapper/ directory, (e.g.
/dev/mapper/nvidia_eahaabcc1). Please see the 'dmraid' documentation
for the details.
new-host-4:~ alan$
new-host-4:~ alan$ sudo /usr/local/bin/ntfs-3g /dev/disk0s1 /Volumes/Windows
Error reading bootsector: Input/output error
Failed to mount '/dev/disk0s1': Input/output error
NTFS is either inconsistent, or you have hardware faults, or you have a
SoftRAID/FakeRAID hardware. In the first case run chkdsk /f on Windows
then reboot into Windows TWICE. The usage of the /f parameter is very
important! If you have SoftRAID/FakeRAID then first you must activate
it and mount a different device under the /dev/mapper/ directory, (e.g.
/dev/mapper/nvidia_eahaabcc1). Please see the 'dmraid' documentation
for the details.
new-host-4:~ alan$
QUOTE(apreichner @ Apr 25 2008, 03:31 AM) 
Okay finished installing those two. It still doesn't mount my IDE drive, is there something more I have to do?
If your drive wasn't unmounted "cleanly" in windows, mac os (or MacFUSE) won't mount it. The drive needs to be unmounted cleanly in winblows if this is the case. Do you see the drive in the System Profiler?
Yes I do. I also run Linux and Linux can read the drive with no problem. I properly restarted Windows so I know the Unmounting isn't the issue (i've been there before). Disk Utility and System Profiler both see it.
System Profiler says this about the drive:
Capacity: 74.53 GB
Model: WDC WD800JB-00JJC0
Revision: 05.01C05
Serial Number: WD-WCAM9J015197
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Protocol: ATA
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal
Low Power Polling: No
Mac OS 9 Drivers: No
Partition Map Type: MBR (Master Boot Record)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
System Profiler says this about the drive:
Capacity: 74.53 GB
Model: WDC WD800JB-00JJC0
Revision: 05.01C05
Serial Number: WD-WCAM9J015197
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Protocol: ATA
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal
Low Power Polling: No
Mac OS 9 Drivers: No
Partition Map Type: MBR (Master Boot Record)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
If you haven't already, how about bootin' into Windoze then restarting? Sounds like a 'DUH,' but it's worked for me...
I tried that. It doesn't really work. I have a feeling that it is a problem with OS X reading my IDE drives. My External is USB and Leopard is installed to my other External. Anybody have any ideas how to fix this. Maybe some nForce 4 ATA drivers or something, I'm not too sure.
EDIT - RESOLVED
I was right. I went onto the drivers forum and downloaded the nForce 4 ATA kext. Chmodded it and repaired permissions on it and it works well. Here's a link to it: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=35985
EDIT - RESOLVED
I was right. I went onto the drivers forum and downloaded the nForce 4 ATA kext. Chmodded it and repaired permissions on it and it works well. Here's a link to it: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=35985
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