Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 18:50:17 -0400 From: Jud <jud@myrealbox.com> To: PJourdan <info@lespetitsplaisirs.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to mount raid disk? Message-ID: <20020522185017.10c4fb45.jud@myrealbox.com>
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PJourdan writes: How can I mount a fasttrack ntfs raid? dmesg shows: ar0: 34413MB <ATA RAID0 array> [4387/255/63] subdisks: ad4: 17206MB <WDC AC418000D> [34960/16/63] at ata2-master UDMA66 ad6: 17206MB <WDC AC418000D> [34960/16/63] at ata2-master UDMA66 [snip] There is no mention in the disk naming conventions of Promise Fasttrack. There is no info re this on the mailing archives; nothing on Google. To mount, I have tried: mount -t ntfs /dev/ar0 /ms_raid [this directory has been created] mount -t ntfs /dev/ar0a /ms_raid mount -t ntfs /dev/ar0s1 /ms_raid all give syntax errors if I enter mount /dev/ar0 /ms_raid, I get message: wrong super block... [snip] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The man pages (available as a link on the left side of the FreeBSD home page, or on your system by typing "man [command of interest]" (no quotes, no brackets)) say mount_ntfs is the command. I have a RAID array with a Promise controller, also recognized as ar0. Just tested the following as root, and it worked for me: mount_ntfs /dev/ar0s1 /mnt Then to unmount: umount /mnt (This will fail if you try it while your current working directory is /mnt or anything under it - you'll get an error message that the device is busy.) I understand there are problems writing to NTFS from FreeBSD, though not reading from it. You can use a FAT32 partition as an intermediary to move files from FreeBSD to NTFS. A friend once suggested installing the Samba port to do this; I haven't tried it, so I don't know if it works. Jud To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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