From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 3 11: 5:39 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta06-svc.ntlworld.com (mta06-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.46]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20E3A37B423 for ; Sun, 3 Sep 2000 11:05:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from parish.my.domain ([62.255.97.1]) by mta07-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20000903173410.QUPI295.mta07-svc.ntlworld.com@parish.my.domain>; Sun, 3 Sep 2000 18:34:10 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA02652; Sun, 3 Sep 2000 18:34:15 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 18:34:15 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Odhiambo Washington Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mount a DOS volume in extended partition Message-ID: <20000903183415.A255@parish> References: <5996.000830@crosswinds.net> <20000830184614.A254@parish> <20000903185950.D41029@siafu.iconnect.co.ke> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20000903185950.D41029@siafu.iconnect.co.ke>; from vedette@iconnect.co.ke on Sun, Sep 03, 2000 at 06:59:50PM +0300 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Sep 03, 2000 at 06:59:50PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > Quoting Mark Ovens : > [000830 21:21]: > Mark Ovens>On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 04:15:28PM +0200, Micke Josefsson wrote: > Mark Ovens>> > Mark Ovens>> On 30-Aug-00 Arseny Slobodjuck wrote: > Mark Ovens>> > > Mark Ovens>> > Hi, > Mark Ovens>> > > Mark Ovens>> > How do I mount a DOS volume in extended partition ? In /dev > Mark Ovens>> > all the extendeded partition named ad0s2, how can I access > Mark Ovens>> > a particular logical disk in it ? > Mark Ovens>> > > Mark Ovens>> > > Mark Ovens>> > > Mark Ovens>> > > Mark Ovens>> > Mark Ovens>> s1-s4 are 'normal' partitions. s5-... are partitions within an extended > Mark Ovens>> partition. So I'd guess you will have to do this: > Mark Ovens>> > Mark Ovens>> cd /dev > Mark Ovens>> ./MAKEDEV ad0s5 > Mark Ovens>> mount_dos /dev/ad0s5 /mnt > Mark Ovens>> > Mark Ovens> > Mark Ovens>That's it, apart from the typo; it should be ``mount_msdos'' although > Mark Ovens> > Mark Ovens> mount -t msdos /dev/ad0s5 /mnt > Mark Ovens> > Mark Ovens>is usually preferred, and of course the best way is to add an entry to > Mark Ovens>/etc/fstab: > Mark Ovens> > Mark Ovens>/dev/ad0s5 /dos msdos rw 0 0 > Mark Ovens> > Mark Ovens>(add noauto to rw if you don't want it mounted at boot, that's > Mark Ovens>``rw,noauto'', no spaces (and no quotes)). > > In the same token, may I ask if it is possible to mount ntfs file systems > in rw mode???? In theory, yes. Although the NTFS driver is really read-only. Read the mount_ntfs(8) manpage for details of the limited write capability. > > Thanks. > > -Wash > > -- > Odhiambo Washington > Systems Administrator > Inter-Connect Ltd. > 3rd Flr The Chancery > Valley Rd > PO Box 39519 Nairobi, KENYA > Tel: 254 2 711140 > Fax: 254 2 718418 > > Hard work will never break up with you. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message