From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 22 03:29:57 2010 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 65C3210656A7 for ; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 03:29:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from leschnik@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6F6A8FC14 for ; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 03:29:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwi18 with SMTP id 18so2072081wwi.31 for ; Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:29:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=peaLpCh04psle5IU+2ilJqLB5tz8UiYQuLsWeh2wknE=; b=am5yF7ul7gagsZ/N3XaEjJqJvcTzu5bAG3hYSd9a3ZeaYr9sBLCBmPCcMXcYmO7qrd fGBSW1eRG8yzlvLWsZTQVOYZrXOI2cdNue3aIrPI7eQ0Mwj7tpqgoQok1I7woZyW3rDN /lkyZ5qdyV/E3dDqeLCsI1ahD9/vaHr8rZdAU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=ijrAVIkr/D9MRdhUjFwW62YYHxUjgXz8rp0z9RosSX8ScQapwTaBAPnsHtDwg420a6 4j/fZduckiALOW57fzdikZcoLMardOWtzWjKTUHRXKPbnVLrgkFp4StCwurv9ToyKAX3 v/iGH3VyL9gIaSn/6FzMmV5srntJPiaoyYo3A= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.4.6 with SMTP id 6mr1054855wei.62.1282446442744; Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:07:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.188.203 with HTTP; Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:07:22 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100822040959.3fb57897@kerberos.hades> References: <4C6FFF79.1030808@comcast.net> <4C7002F3.2070709@comcast.net> <201008211403.02403.lobo@bsd.com.br> <201008212024.15223.eliaschr@cha.forthnet.gr> <20100822040959.3fb57897@kerberos.hades> Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 13:07:22 +1000 Message-ID: From: Jason Leschnik To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: External HD 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: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 03:29:57 -0000 Is there much Data on the disk?, it may be worth while moving to FAT32 or a FS that is shared by both (If your happy to live with the <4GB max file size). On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Philipp Lengemann wrote= : > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Am Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:24:14 +0300 > schrieb Elias Chrysocheris : > > > On Saturday 21 of August 2010 20:03:02 Mario Lobo wrote: > > > On Saturday 21 August 2010 13:46:43 Rem P Roberti wrote: > > > > > Rem P Roberti =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5=D1= =82: > > > > >> I have a 500GB USB HD which I am able mount thus: > > > > >> mount_ntfs /dev/da2s1 /mnt > > > > >> > > > > >> Having done so I can copy from the external drive, but not > > > > >> write to it. What is necessary to implement in order to be > > > > >> able to write to an external hard drive? > > > > >> > > > > >> Rem > > > > > > > > > > use the port /usr/ports/sysutils/fusefs-ntfs > > > > > > > > Thanks for the tip. I have installed the port and will give it a > > > > try, although I'm a little leery given Ryan's post. > > > > > > > > Rem > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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" > > > > > > Don't forget to do this: > > > > > > cd /sbin > > > mv -f mount_ntfs mount_ntfs-kern > > > ln -s /usr/local/bin/ntfs-3g mount_ntfs > > > > > > so you can mount your ntfs disk right from fstab. > > > > > > I have all my vbox vdi files on an ntfs drive and I'm yet to have a > > > problem with it. > > > > Well, I used to have an external NTFS hard drive. I used fusefs-ntfs > > and I could write in the drive. But there were times where the > > machine crashed and I couldn't even get a core dump. It also stoped > > durong the core dump and freezed... So I couldn't even place a PR for > > that... > > > > That was in amd64 architecture > > > > Best regards > > Elias > > _______________________________________________ > > 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" > > Same problem here. Writing to NTFS with fuse-ntfs is also an experience > everytime. Don't rely on that! It brought me some nerve wracking > moments. > > - -- > GnuPG: 0x4BF7D606 | Jabber: phleng@jabber.ccc.de > - -- > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkxwhv0ACgkQlOPmvEv31gYmBgCgiXfFwzJFwvEDB5igavdFlIdH > 4tQAn3yjALF4/jMjE63bwF/4lOzAK+1K > =3DNj/k > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > --=20 Regards, Jason Leschnik. Mob. 0432 35 4224 Uni mail. jml974@uow.edu.au Work mail. jll@ansto.gov.au