On Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 01:10:25PM -0500, Jerry wrote: > On Wed, 1 Dec 2010 17:00:00 +0000 > Bruce Cran <[email protected]> articulated: > > > On Wed, 1 Dec 2010 11:47:26 -0500 > > Chris Brennan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > [r...@blackdragon [~]# kldload ntfs (just so I can read from the > > > device and copy what I wanted off it) > > > [r...@blackdragon [~]# mount -t ntfs /dev/da0 /mnt/thumb > > > mount_ntfs: /dev/da0: Invalid argument > > > > I think Windows defaults to FAT32 on removable drives, so you might > > need to use '-t msdosfs' instead. In newer versions of Windows you can > > also format disks using exFAT which I don't believe is supported in > > the open source world yet. >
Sorry I didn't keep the thread, but, in case it is helpful, here is the line in my /etc/fstab for my USB stick plug-ins. (There are some other USB devices that use up da0 and da1) /dev/da2s1 /stick msdosfs rw,noauto 0 0 I just plug one in, su to root, type 'mount /stick' and then can read it just fine - even from non-root. I do this frequently to suck .jpg files off the cards from my digital camera. (I have an adapter to make them USB plug-in-able). I can write as root, but I haven't messed around figuring out if I can manage to write as non-root. As you see, it is msdosfs or in other words, FAT32. I don't know anything about the exFAT mentioned below. ////jerry > I believe that exFAT is the default in Windows 7. In any case, there is > no support for it in FreeBSD; although I believe there is support, > rudimentary perhaps, in Linux. > > Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExFAT#Licensing) > > -- > Jerry ??? > [email protected] > > Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. > Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. > __________________________________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
