From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 26 01:33:17 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58E2E1065679 for ; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:33:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rob1940@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pw0-f44.google.com (mail-pw0-f44.google.com [209.85.160.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F0EE8FC13 for ; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:33:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pwj8 with SMTP id 8so1160589pwj.3 for ; Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:33:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=igC8Jq0l00sxlhnZ8lXuX+C4JxsKekDN5V4ATmIqlws=; b=T5n5GEzNc4lXX3Y5xVTMmY/Id3NdAq2/Ctav/hGMArztk1xOQf4fD1iuxeVgahMbyi GI/Dl80ZCg/cqvxZMrgpOq6C35ZUR6Yt+zAkr6fTMuVW8xk+c03czU3jJtzuDyEDGDqE 7Qe2h3NrOPbLElBCJdtmCEpftP4UVhIM/LFmI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=BdrSWvJdQZShBkghF/2q+IAlJcyfZfM/X8U037ctmYXLXPb605P1rdoTAnjjhDrNL3 GCML8p9pmL5xcR6EqamGi21Ww9rtQ3z5WtiOGgTZb+BKOfnQEZall6fv3/JS9wqhfZtJ HGLPp4cSUPfYIxJuUqs5z6tsK1tPo1xGeDM4Y= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.6.11 with SMTP id 11mr1089725wff.260.1256520796541; Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:33:16 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4AE4EE38.4050609@otenet.gr> References: <4AE4EE38.4050609@otenet.gr> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:33:16 +1100 Message-ID: From: Rob Hurle To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: WD External Disc Drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: rob1940@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:33:17 -0000 Hi Manolis, Thanks very much for that very helpful reply: >> =C2=A0 Now to FreeBSD. =C2=A0The newly formatted (as NTFS) disc appears = as two >> devices - /dev/cd0 (never seen this before) > > This is how a USB cdrom appears to FreeBSD - as a SCSI device. No > problem there. >>.... >> cp: /usb0/MyStuff/test: No such file or directory >> freebsd [11:08] ~# >> > You are using the ntfs driver that is built-in the FreeBSD kernel. This > is read only - you will be able to read from the disc, but not write to i= t. > > In order to be able to write to this disc, install sysutils/fusefs-ntfs > and use the ntfs-3g command to mount your disk. I've done that, and it looks good, but when I try to use it: freebsd [12:12] /usr/ports#ll /dev/da0s1 crw-r----- 1 root operator 0, 122 26 Oct 09:02 /dev/da0s1 freebsd [12:12] /usr/ports#ntfs-3g -o rw /dev/da0s1 /mnt fuse: failed to open fuse device: No such file or directory So the device is there, but ntfs-3g fails to see it. Obviously mount_ntfs sees it OK, from my previous experiments. ntfs-3g.probe exits with no errors, so it appears that it can see it OK: freebsd [12:32] ~#ntfs-3g.probe --readwrite /dev/da0s1 freebsd [12:32] ~# Is there something else that I need to install? > If you are not going to use the disc to transfer data between Windows > and FreeBSD, I would advise you to repartition the disk and create an > NTFS partition for your windows data and a FreeBSD partition in UFS Unfortunately, this is not the case. I need to transfer between FreeBSD and Windows, both ways :-( Thanks again. Rob Hurle --=20 ----------------------------- Rob Hurle ANU, College of Asia and the Pacific School of Culture, History and Language e-mail: rob1940@gmail.com Telephone (ANU): +61 2 6125 3169 Mobile (in VN): +84 948 243 538 (Currently in Australia) Mobile (in OZ): +61 417 293 603 (Currently in Australia) -----------------------------