From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 10 18:13:45 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 DCFB2106566B for ; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:13:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D16C8FC16 for ; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:13:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id n0AIDRkC007069; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:13:27 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id n0AIDRZf007068; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:13:27 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:13:27 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister To: RW Message-ID: <20090110181326.GA7052@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <4967C511.3060100@comcast.net> <20090109231748.GA3715@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20090110033633.77e00a1e@gumby.homeunix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090110033633.77e00a1e@gumby.homeunix.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mounting /c X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:13:46 -0000 On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 03:36:33AM +0000, RW wrote: > On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 18:17:49 -0500 > Jerry McAllister wrote: > > > > In general, you should not expect to be able to write to an ntfs file > > system type. That is why I converted my MS-Win file system to > > FAT32. > > Not a good idea. I didn't need anything ntfs provided and it was convenient rather than further dividing the disk to have a write area. ////jerry > > > According to the man page, some limited writing can be done, > > but the list of limitations is long and they are not all immediately > > straightforward. > > You should be able to write to ntfs if you use the fuse version > sysutils/fusefs-ntfs - it "just works" in my experience. > > The last time I checked it required some (well-documented) adjustment > to make it mount from fstab as FreeBSD uses a hard-coded list of mount_* > commands rather than simply converting "mount -t foo" to mount_foo. I'm > not sure if this is fixed in 7.1 - but it's about time it was. > _______________________________________________ > 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"