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From: Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com>
To: Mikle Krutov <nekoexmachina@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: More stable and reliable NTFS driver for read-only access?
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On Mon, Jul 05, 2010 at 01:24:19PM +0000, Mikle Krutov wrote:
> Which ntfs driver is more reliable, stable
> and fast for read-only access, ntfs-3g or
> kernel one?
> Never ever had a contact with ntfs on
> fbsd, and friend of mine asks to backup
> his data to my machine (from ntfs hdd,
> formated in vista, if it makes any
> difference)

I remember there being a thread last year sometime about the possibility
of NTFS support removed from the kernel due to its age, but I forget
what the outcome was.

You're probably better off using something from ports, possibly with
fuse.

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