Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 10:48:47 -0000 From: "Markie" <markie@notwentytwo.freeserve.co.uk> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: rw on ntfs volume Message-ID: <001a01c2d73b$54126850$0a00a8c0@mrblossom> References: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0302172000480.1842-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk>
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I see. Well I have no idea then, sorry, i've tried writing to NTFS on FreeBSD and Linux and it just wasn't happening :) How different is the old NT4 version of NTFS to the Windows 2000 NTFS5 or whatever its called? Which are you using? Maybe that'd make a difference :s Just a thought! Markie :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Grant" <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> To: "Markie" <markie@notwentytwo.freeserve.co.uk> Cc: "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 8:02 PM Subject: Re: rw on ntfs volume > On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, Markie wrote: > > > You lost me there :) > > Please forgive me if i'm being stupid and just don't understand at all :) > > It says files have to be non resident? and non resident files are bigger > > than 1k you say? > > But making a plain new file or folder would be smaller than 1k wouldnt it? > > So they'd be.. resident files and wouldnt write? :s > > That's the impression i'm getting at the moment anyway :) > > NTFS filesystems _may_, under certain circumstances, create "resident" > files of the type described. You won't be able to modify these. > > Filesystems mounted with mount_ntfs can't modify resident files. If you > create a small file it will be nonresident, and you should be able to > edit it (providing you don't fall foul of the other NTFS writing > restrictions). > > > -- > jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ > Tel +44(0)117 9287088 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 http://ioctl.org/jan/ > The Java disclaimer: values of 'anywhere' may vary between regions. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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