Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 10:18:16 -0500 (EST) From: "Anthony Abby" <anthonyabby@aplusdata.com> To: <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> Cc: <fixx@fixx.co.za>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Mounting XP partition Message-ID: <65064.163.2.30.147.1040397496.squirrel@mail.aplusdata.com> In-Reply-To: <200212201451.gBKEpgG04868@clunix.cl.msu.edu> References: <20021220143701.P446-100000@gemini.fixx.co.za> from "Wayne Swart" at Dec 20, 2002 02:37:53 PM <200212201451.gBKEpgG04868@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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Jerry McAllister said: >> >> Hi everyone, me again :) >> >> I have mounted a ntfs(WinXP) partition on my freebsd box, but i am >> unable to write anything to it? > > My understanding is that is the current state of ntfs support. > You can read from, but not write to ntfs slices. I don't know > if writing ability is being worked on. > > You can write to... smbfs allows full rw capability. I run a backup job on my linux/freebsd servers every night and back the resultant tars up on my windows xp box via smbfs mount. Works like a charm. Anthony To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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