Hi all, Installed the following
sysutils/fusefs-ntfs sysutils/ntfsprogs When I run the command ntfs-3g /dev/da0s1 /mnt/windows I get the error message fuse: failed to open fuse device: No such file or directory Thank you > On 10/12/07, CyberLeo Kitsana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Bill Moran wrote: >> > In response to "Monah Baki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > I'm not completely up to speed with FreeBSD's NTFS support. Last I >> looked >> > at it, it was experimental and there were warnings everywhere. I >> assume >> > it's improved since then (~3 years ago) but can't say with authority. >> >> As I recall, the native FreeBSD NTFS support is read-only. However, the >> NTFS-3g project has a mostly complete (and pretty safe) read/write >> implementation as a FUSE program, which can be found in ports: >> >> sysutils/fusefs-ntfs >> sysutils/ntfsprogs >> > > FreeBSD NTFS is not read only, but there are restrictions on what it > can write. To quote the man page: > > There is limited writing ability. Limitations: file must be > nonresident > and must not contain any sparses (uninitialized areas); compressed > files > are also not supported. The file name must not contain multibyte > charac- > ters. > > If your file name uses only ASCII characters, you will be probably be > OK using mount_ntfs to write to an NTFS filesystem. I've used it for > years, but mostly for reading files. The few times I've used it for > writing, it worked fine. I think you are most likely to have problems > if you use it to edit an existing file. > > - Bob > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > BSD Networking, Microsoft Notworking _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"