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Date:      Wed, 1 Dec 2010 17:00:00 +0000
From:      Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
To:        Chris Brennan <xaero@xaerolimit.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: USB Thumb Drive
Message-ID:  <20101201170000.0305126f@core.draftnet>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinxXDY9tEgjT9vvLCkkOPQeCeA8DOx6XsWwhaag@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 1 Dec 2010 11:47:26 -0500
Chris Brennan <xaero@xaerolimit.net> wrote:
> [root@BlackDragon [~]# kldload ntfs (just so I can read from the
> device and copy what I wanted off it)
> [root@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.

-- 
Bruce Cran



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