Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 13:10:25 -0500 From: Jerry <freebsd.user@seibercom.net> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: USB Thumb Drive Message-ID: <20101201131025.5d192c65@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20101201170000.0305126f@core.draftnet> References: <AANLkTinxXDY9tEgjT9vvLCkkOPQeCeA8DOx6XsWwhaag@mail.gmail.com> <20101201170000.0305126f@core.draftnet>
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On Wed, 1 Dec 2010 17:00:00 +0000 Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> articulated: > On Wed, 1 Dec 2010 11:47:26 -0500 > Chris Brennan <xaero@xaerolimit.net> wrote: > > [root@BlackDragon [~]# kldload ntfs (just so I can read from the > > device and copy what I wanted off it) > > [root@BlackDragon [~]# mount -t ntfs /dev/da0 /mnt/thumb > > mount_ntfs: /dev/da0: Invalid argument > > I think Windows defaults to FAT32 on removable drives, so you might > need to use '-t msdosfs' instead. In newer versions of Windows you can > also format disks using exFAT which I don't believe is supported in > the open source world yet. I believe that exFAT is the default in Windows 7. In any case, there is no support for it in FreeBSD; although I believe there is support, rudimentary perhaps, in Linux. Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExFAT#Licensing) -- Jerry ✌ FreeBSD.user@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________
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