I've gotta come back to this in a bit, but here's what I have so far: [root@localhost mnt]# [root@localhost mnt]# [root@localhost mnt]# cat /etc/fedora-release Fedora release 7 (Moonshine) [root@localhost mnt]# [root@localhost mnt]# rpm -q ntfs-3g ntfs-3g-1.516-1.fc7 [root@localhost mnt]# [root@localhost mnt]# cat /etc/fstab LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/VolGroup01/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 ntfs users,rw 0 0 [root@localhost mnt]# [root@localhost mnt]# fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 1912 15358108+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda2 1913 1925 104422+ 83 Linux /dev/sda3 1926 9729 62685630 8e Linux LVM Disk /dev/sdb: 30.7 GB, 30750031872 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3738 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 1 1427 11462346 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/sdb2 1428 1440 104422+ 83 Linux /dev/sdb3 1441 3738 18458685 8e Linux LVM Disk /dev/dm-2: 17.8 GB, 17850957824 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2170 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk /dev/dm-2 doesn't contain a valid partition table Disk /dev/dm-3: 1006 MB, 1006632960 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 122 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk /dev/dm-3 doesn't contain a valid partition table [root@localhost mnt]# [root@localhost mnt]# date Mon Jun 25 08:34:46 PDT 2007 [root@localhost mnt]# [root@localhost mnt]# mount /mnt/sda1/ fusermount: mount failed: Device or resource busy FUSE mount point creation failed Unmounting /dev/sda1 () [root@localhost mnt]# [root@localhost mnt]# date Mon Jun 25 08:35:03 PDT 2007 [root@localhost mnt]# [root@localhost mnt]# thanks, Thufir