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On Dec 1, 2010, at 12:10 PM, Jerry wrote:

> On Wed, 1 Dec 2010 17:00:00 +0000
> Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> articulated:
>=20
>> 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
>>=20
>> 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.
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExFAT#Licensing)

As the page says, it's READ ONLY in Linux... kinda pathetic. Thanks, =
Microsoft, for changing things AGAIN so you cannot be shared safely with =
others.

Any thoughts on when hey might require their users to wear latex gloves =
when using something other than Windows?

--
Ryan=