Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 00:16:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Kellers <timothyk@serv1.wallnet.com> To: Octavian Hornoiu <liquid_net@usa.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Regarding NTFS with FreeBSD Message-ID: <20021013001513.F46440-100000@serv1.wallnet.com> In-Reply-To: <000601c271cd$d09e60f0$1c9d2204@phobos>
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Don't forget mount_smbfs; I use3 it to write to ntfs file systems all the time after I've mounted them in FreeBSD man mount_smbfs is your friend. Tim Kellers CPE/NJIT On Sat, 12 Oct 2002, Octavian Hornoiu wrote: > As far as I know... There are only a small handful of actual products > that can write to NTFS partitions and, even then, only with minimal > functionality. There are a lot of issues involved in writing to NTFS > partitions and I remember reading an article in which the Linux > developer who wrote one of the original drivers to read NTFS was quoted > as saying that it would not happen anytime soon. Microsoft is great at > making things very obscure and hard to inter-operate with and they have > changed the NTFS structure several times, most notably with the change > from NT4 to windows 2000. > > There is one small program that can write to NTFS partitions that I know > of but only onto files that are already existing and never exceeding the > original size of the file... It's called NTFS DOS and, like the name > implies, it only works as a "rescue" type of option for boot diskettes. > Sorry to dissapoint but I've looked into this option multiple times as I > work at a place with many NT servers and I've needed to mount them under > Unix before. > > Octavian > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Cliff > Sarginson > Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 1:36 AM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Regarding NTFS with FreeBSD > > > On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 07:27:09PM -0400, Matt Garcia wrote: > > HI, Yes again i have another question. > > > > I finally upgraded from 4.5-stable to 4.7-stable the > > problem was a spelling error :) > > > > my next question is; if 4.7-STABLE allows freebsd to > > have write permissions with a mounted NTFS drive. > > I cannot see anywhere where it says it does not, but I should > think the likeliness is 0. > > -- > Regards > Cliff Sarginson > The Netherlands > > Email: cls@raggedclown.net > Tel : +31 (0)10 4764595 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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