Joel Tan wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to install ntfs-3g on my iMac with Mac OS X (version > 10.4.+) so that I may read and write an NTFS drive via USB. I have > gone through instructions from the following > http://www.hackszine.com/blog/archive/2007/06/howto_readwrite_to_ntfs_drives.html?CMP=OTC-7G2N43923558 > > to achieve this. > > I have already loaded fink and have gone through the whole cycle of > configure, selfupdate, index and scanpackages. I realise that ntfs-3g > is an unstable package so I have also changed the conf file via > FinkCommander to include both the "unstable" options. After applying > the unstable option, I noticed that a lot more files have been added > but NOT the ntfs-3g package. > > Can you please advise how or where I may obtain this package in Fink > so that I can mount the drive as read/write? > > Any advise will be much appreciated. > > Thanks in advance, > Joel You ran a selfupdate with either rsync or cvs updating after you turned on the unstable tree? If your update method is "point releases" (you can check that by looking at /sw/etc/fink.conf) then that would explain it. Or if you're somehow on the 10.4-transitional distribution (which you can also check in /sw/etc/fink.conf) that could also account for what you're seeing.
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