Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 11:04:29 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Drew Jenkins <drewjenkinsjr@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can I Mount A Windoze Drive? Message-ID: <20070219160429.GA1223@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <976687.54277.qm@web62207.mail.re1.yahoo.com> References: <976687.54277.qm@web62207.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
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On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 04:50:57AM -0800, Drew Jenkins wrote: > Here is the dialogue: > # mount_ntfs /dev/ad0s1 /mnt/win > #mount_ntfs: /mnt No such file or directory > Drew I haven't followed all of this, but do you have a directoty named /mnt/win For my dual booted machine, I create a directory: /mydos mkdir /mydos and mount it there. Mine is FAT32 on this machine because I want to both read and write it (I converted the ntfs to FAT32 with the Partition Magic utility). Then I put the following in my /etc/fstab /dev/ad0s2 /mydos msdosfs rw 0 0 and then when I want it mounted, I just do: mount /mydos and it works just fine. That seems the easiest way to keep it. But, your error message looks like it is complaining of just what it says: there is either not a /mnt or not a /mnt/win So, if that is true, make sure those directories - or whichever one[s] you choose to use exist before try the mount. I suppose that could also be a permissions problem or even a security level issue if you have mucked with that. ////jerry > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Martin Tournoij <carpetsmoker@xs4all.nl> > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Cc: drewjenkinsjr@yahoo.com > Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 3:51:25 PM > Subject: Re: Can I Mount A Windoze Drive? > > On Sun 18 Feb 2007 07:02, Drew Jenkins wrote: > > For some reason, I can no longer mount the Windoze drive! The first time I mounted it, I didn't even change the fstab! I just issued the command: > > mount_ntfs /dev/ad0s1 /mnt/win > > and it mounted! I copied off everything I thought I needed. But when I tried to go back in, that didn't work. So I added the line suggested below to /etc/fstab and I still can't mount it! Rebooting doesn't help. What am I missing? > > TIA, > > Drew > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Martin Tournoij <carpetsmoker@xs4all.nl> > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Cc: drewjenkinsjr@yahoo.com > > Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 3:10:22 AM > > Subject: Re: Can I Mount A Windoze Drive? > > > > > > On Sat 17 Feb 2007 13:02, Drew Jenkins wrote: > > > Newbie question here. I just want to make sure I don't screw anything up. I have two hard drives in my box...one for Windoze, one for FBSD. Can I mount the former from FBSD and copy over files? Do I navigate it just like a FBSD disk..."cd", "cp", etc? > > > TIA, > > > Drew > > > > FreeBSD comes with a readonly ntfs driver. > > > > Assuming your windows partition is ad0s1 > > mount_ntfs /dev/ad0s1 /mnt/win > > > > fstab entry: > > /dev/ad0s1 /mnt/win ntfs ro,noauto 0 0 > > > > You can then copy stuff, for example: > > cp /mnt/win/Documents\ and\ Settings/carpetsmoker/Desktop ~/ > > > > If you want read support, you might want to try ntfsprogs > > (sysutils/ntfsprogs), which has some basic (EXPERIMENTAL!) read > > support. > > Does mount give some kind error? > _______________________________________________ > 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" > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time > with the Yahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#news > _______________________________________________ > 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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