Nick, yes, I am aware of that. I just thought if I disconnected then reconnected the volume, would the setting hold? this is of course, assuming the drive letter is the same.
On Jan 17, 2010, at 4:42 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi, > > Well, the external has to be connected, otherwise it can't see the volume. > > Regards, > Nic > Skype: Kvalme > MSN Messenger: [email protected] > AIM: cincinster > yahoo Messenger: cin368 > Facebook Profile > My Twitter > > On Jan 17, 2010, at 5:42 AM, Dan Roy wrote: > >> Will this also work with external drives. I assume it doesn't matter. >> However, sometimes, my external drive is disconnected from the machine. >> >> This would really be cool, because, I could then backup my Mac on the >> journal partition, however, I would be able to share the other partition >> with my windows machine. It would be vary nice indeed! >> >> >> On Jan 16, 2010, at 10:50 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Well, you can enable the read/write through terminal. It will enable native >>> read/write support for NTFS on Mac OS X 10.6 for NTFS drives or partitions. >>> >>> 1. In Terminal, type diskutil info /Volumes/volume_name, where volume_name >>> is the name of the NTFS volume you want to enable NTFS support. From the >>> output, copy the Volume UUID value to the clipboard. I've personally found >>> this can be somewhat tricky with VoiceOver, so writing it down in Text Edit >>> might be a good idea. >>> 2. Back up /etc/fstab if you have it; it shouldn't be there in a default >>> install of the Mac OS. >>> 3. Type sudo nano /etc/fstab. >>> 4. In the editor, type UUID=, then paste the UUID number you copied from >>> the clipboard. Type a Space, then type none ntfs rw. The final line should >>> look like this: UUID=123-456-789 none ntfs rw, where 123-456-789 is the >>> UUID you copied in the first step. >>> 5. Repeat the above steps for any other NTFS drives/partitions you want to >>> have NTFS read/write support. >>> 6. Save the file and quit nano (Control-X, Y, Enter), then restart your Mac. >>> After rebooting, NTFS partitions should natively have read and write >>> support. This works with both 32- and 64-bit kernels. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Nic >>> Skype: Kvalme >>> MSN Messenger: [email protected] >>> AIM: cincinster >>> yahoo Messenger: cin368 >>> Facebook Profile >>> My Twitter >>> >>> On Jan 16, 2010, at 5:18 PM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all. >>>> >>>> I have a problem, that I really hope someone has a solution for. >>>> >>>> I am using bootcamp and windows XP on my mac. That works great well. >>>> But I have a problem, when I have to change from mac and go into my >>>> windows. I cannot choose that I want to start up in bootcamp in system >>>> preferences. I have found out, that it maybe has something to do with >>>> paragon ntfs, which I have installed, so I can use files from all over >>>> my computer, I really need this option, but when paragon ntfs is >>>> installed, I can not choose to start up in windows. Has anybody a >>>> solution. Of course I would be willing to use another program than >>>> paragon, if necesarry. >>>> >>>> Best regards Annie. >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > >
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