Is there much Data on the disk?, it may be worth while moving to FAT32 or a FS that is shared by both (If your happy to live with the <4GB max file size).
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Philipp Lengemann <phl...@arcor.de> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Am Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:24:14 +0300 > schrieb Elias Chrysocheris <elias...@cha.forthnet.gr>: > > > On Saturday 21 of August 2010 20:03:02 Mario Lobo wrote: > > > On Saturday 21 August 2010 13:46:43 Rem P Roberti wrote: > > > > > Rem P Roberti<remeg...@comcast.net> пишет: > > > > >> I have a 500GB USB HD which I am able mount thus: > > > > >> mount_ntfs /dev/da2s1 /mnt > > > > >> > > > > >> Having done so I can copy from the external drive, but not > > > > >> write to it. What is necessary to implement in order to be > > > > >> able to write to an external hard drive? > > > > >> > > > > >> Rem > > > > > > > > > > use the port /usr/ports/sysutils/fusefs-ntfs > > > > > > > > Thanks for the tip. I have installed the port and will give it a > > > > try, although I'm a little leery given Ryan's post. > > > > > > > > Rem > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > > > > > > Don't forget to do this: > > > > > > cd /sbin > > > mv -f mount_ntfs mount_ntfs-kern > > > ln -s /usr/local/bin/ntfs-3g mount_ntfs > > > > > > so you can mount your ntfs disk right from fstab. > > > > > > I have all my vbox vdi files on an ntfs drive and I'm yet to have a > > > problem with it. > > > > Well, I used to have an external NTFS hard drive. I used fusefs-ntfs > > and I could write in the drive. But there were times where the > > machine crashed and I couldn't even get a core dump. It also stoped > > durong the core dump and freezed... So I couldn't even place a PR for > > that... > > > > That was in amd64 architecture > > > > Best regards > > Elias > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > > Same problem here. Writing to NTFS with fuse-ntfs is also an experience > everytime. Don't rely on that! It brought me some nerve wracking > moments. > > - -- > GnuPG: 0x4BF7D606 | Jabber: phl...@jabber.ccc.de > - -- > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkxwhv0ACgkQlOPmvEv31gYmBgCgiXfFwzJFwvEDB5igavdFlIdH > 4tQAn3yjALF4/jMjE63bwF/4lOzAK+1K > =Nj/k > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > -- Regards, Jason Leschnik. Mob. 0432 35 4224 Uni mail. jml...@uow.edu.au Work mail. j...@ansto.gov.au _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
