Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 11:36:57 -0500 From: Ryan Coleman <ryan.coleman@cwis.biz> To: Rem P Roberti <remegius@comcast.net> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: External HD Message-ID: <75F695A8-60BD-47CD-9F17-A7BC0E16069F@cwis.biz> In-Reply-To: <4C6FFF79.1030808@comcast.net> References: <4C6FFF79.1030808@comcast.net>
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Rem, You cannot write to NTFS using the stock driver. Please use Google to search / do research on the drivers out there; = writing to NTFS is a VERY dangerous thing. Your best bet is to just do = your work over the network instead of directly over USB from a = Windows-based node. Also, read the man file for mount_ntfs, it will explain more. -- Ryan On Aug 21, 2010, at 11:31 AM, Rem P Roberti wrote: > I have a 500GB USB HD which I am able mount thus: >=20 > mount_ntfs /dev/da2s1 /mnt >=20 > 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? >=20 > Rem >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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