Hi, Last I heard, it was because of a supposed security risk.
Regards, Nic Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On Jan 16, 2010, at 5:59 PM, Bryan Smart wrote: > Why isn't this on by default? Sounds like it might be dangerous. Wouldn't > want to corrupt files. > > Bryan > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nicolai Svendsen > Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 11:51 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Bootcamp and paragon ntfs. > > Hi, > > Well, you can enable the read/write through terminal. It will enable native > read/write support for NTFS on Mac OS X 10.6 for NTFS drives or partitions. > > 1. In Terminal, type diskutil info /Volumes/volume_name, where volume_name is > the name of the NTFS volume you want to enable NTFS support. From the output, > copy the Volume UUID value to the clipboard. I've personally found this can > be somewhat tricky with VoiceOver, so writing it down in Text Edit might be a > good idea. > 2. Back up /etc/fstab if you have it; it shouldn't be there in a default > install of the Mac OS. > 3. Type sudo nano /etc/fstab. > 4. In the editor, type UUID=, then paste the UUID number you copied from the > clipboard. Type a Space, then type none ntfs rw. The final line should look > like this: UUID=123-456-789 none ntfs rw, where 123-456-789 is the UUID you > copied in the first step. > 5. Repeat the above steps for any other NTFS drives/partitions you want to > have NTFS read/write support. > 6. Save the file and quit nano (Control-X, Y, Enter), then restart your Mac. > After rebooting, NTFS partitions should natively have read and write support. > This works with both 32- and 64-bit kernels. > > Regards, > Nic > Skype: Kvalme > MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk > AIM: cincinster > yahoo Messenger: cin368 > Facebook Profile > My Twitter > > On Jan 16, 2010, at 5:18 PM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: > >> Hi all. >> >> I have a problem, that I really hope someone has a solution for. >> >> I am using bootcamp and windows XP on my mac. That works great well. >> But I have a problem, when I have to change from mac and go into my >> windows. I cannot choose that I want to start up in bootcamp in system >> preferences. I have found out, that it maybe has something to do with >> paragon ntfs, which I have installed, so I can use files from all over >> my computer, I really need this option, but when paragon ntfs is >> installed, I can not choose to start up in windows. Has anybody a >> solution. Of course I would be willing to use another program than >> paragon, if necesarry. >> >> Best regards Annie. >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > >
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