Various Puppys and 2TB SATA HD with two NTFS partitions

[Speedyluck]

Hi, someone have the same problem?
I have a 2 TB sata hd formatted with 2 partitions ntfs,
only puppy 4.12 (also retro) and quirky 1.2 (2.6.33.2) show me all two partitions,
all the others versions (also lucid) don't show me the first partition!
I tried Pmount, but nothing, i see only the second !
I tried to reformat with Gparted, but the same (on windows no problem).

What is the problem? drivers? ntfs?
Why only the second partition?
Is a problem with dimension? But why 4.12 and quirky 1.2 (and windows) show me also the first?

[Speedyluck]

I think i have to use another os for mediacenter, i can't use puppy with my 2 TB hd. The last version would must have all the drivers and show all the partition and hd, but it don't.
I will use geexbox, xbmc live or others.

[RetroTechGuy]

I think i have to use another os for mediacenter, i can't use puppy with my 2 TB hd. The last version would must have all the drivers and show all the partition and hd, but it don't.
I will use geexbox, xbmc live or others.

Why can't you use it with Puppy?

I have a 2TB NTFS formatted drive, which Puppy 5.20 reads/writes without problem.

I bought a second one, and gparted could not deal with it. I used fdisk and mke2fs to create a 128 byte inode partition (which is then compatible with ext2ifs for Windows -- allowing me to read/write ext2 on Windows).

I can read/write this 2 TB ext2 drive with Puppy 5.20, also. However, fsck doesn't work on it... Don't know if this is some limit in the way these tools (fsck and gparted) were compiled for Puppy, or not.

[Speedyluck]

The hd have 2 partitions (about 900 and 800 mb) and with puppy 4.12 k 2.6.25.7 and k 2.6.21 no problem, also with Quirky 1.2 (only this with k 2.6.33.2); with all the others versions of puppy i don't see and i can't open the first partition!
Nothing with pmount, with Gparted i see all two partitions.
No problems with windows and other os, well also with XBMC, Enna mediacenter and others.
So the problem is on puppy os.
I try 3gntfs package of quirky, but nothing.
I have to use puppy or other os with kernel smp support and smp player (last vlc ok) to watch hd video (i have hd 3870 and nothing h264 accelleration with puppy, also with own drivers!), sò i have to use my cpu dual core athlon 7750 (2700x2) (but slow video also with 1080p).
... i don't want to use windows...
if i have to buy a geforce 8800 or more, i buy a multimedia player mkv...

[RetroTechGuy]

The hd have 2 partitions (about 900 and 800 mb) and with puppy 4.12 k 2.6.25.7 and k 2.6.21 no problem, also with Quirky 1.2 (only this with k 2.6.33.2); with all the others versions of puppy i don't see and i can't open the first partition!

If you can see the NTFS partition but cannot mount it, I would plug it into your Windows machine and scan it for errors.

Puppy won't let you mount a potentially corrupted partition...

[Speedyluck]

In windows pc no problems and errors, i transfer and watch a lot of giga of video;
it can be an error (sure, perheps a damage cluster), but it is strange, because also with Quirky 1.2 (and only with this version) and puppy 4.12 is allright ( gparted don't show me errors , also with check);
for the problem i tried to format the first partition from windows and linux without problems.
And now i can't remove a partition, because the hd is full...
When i will have another hd 2tb i will format the hd with one ntfs partition.
For now i have to use Quirky or others os, like XBMC (ubuntu) or Enna MCE for watch video on first partition.
Thanks for the response.

[RetroTechGuy]

In windows pc no problems and errors, i transfer and watch a lot of giga of video;
it can be an error (sure, perheps a damage cluster), but it is strange, because also with Quirky 1.2 (and only with this version) and puppy 4.12 is allright ( gparted don't show me errors , also with check);
for the problem i tried to format the first partition from windows and linux without problems.
And now i can't remove a partition, because the hd is full...
When i will have another hd 2tb i will format the hd with one ntfs partition.
For now i have to use Quirky or others os, like XBMC (ubuntu) or Enna MCE for watch video on first partition.
Thanks for the response.

Perhaps try this.

First, navigate to /mnt/ and see if a folder "sdb2" exists (this is your "mount point" for the partition). Create this folder if not there. (I'm assuming that your external drive is "sdb" ==> sdb1, sdb2)

Then open a console (i.e. "rxvt", a command line window) and try:

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mount /dev/sdb2 /mnt/sdb2

Or

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mount -t ntfs /dev/sdb2 /mnt/sdb2

and see if that mounts the missing partition.

This will usually force a mount (over-riding any errors which may exist)

[Speedyluck]

I have resolved with the new puppy 5.25 !
It see all my partitions, i have installed xbmc and ati fglrx and now make puppy a mediacenter! (i put a xbmc script on startup).
Video are perfect, also 1080p h264

With old versions i see /mnt/sdb1 (hide partition) as you say but i haven't try to mount it, i have to try.

Thanks