Hmm, I guess there's no hope of finding a generic binary for ntfs-3g and fuse. Do the various distributions of illumos differ at the kernel level? I understand that *BSDs are not binary compatible, even though they share the name BSD... I'm used to Linux distros which come in so many flavours, but all really use just the one kernel.
-Adam On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Fabio Rodrigues <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Jean-Pierre, > > Hmmm, that's makes sense about the NTFS being a closed-source > implementation, so that's why it's not present yet. > > Since the two packages haven't worked properly and, as you have pointed > out, they're old, it's enough good reason for me to remove them. Giving a > try with ntfs-3g soon ;-) > > I'll let you know. > > Cheers, > Fabio > > > > ----- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ----- > > Von: Jean-Pierre > > Gesendet: 04.01.13 18:20 Uhr > > An: [email protected] > > Betreff: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [OmniOS-discuss] [smartos-discuss] Re: > Mount NTFS USB under OmniOS > > > Hi Fabio, > > Fabio Rodrigues wrote: > > Hi Alain/All, > > > The reason I've decided to send the e-mail is, first of all, > > to find out is there was a solution to natively support NTFS > > that I wasn't aware of and second, in case there was nothing > > there, to make an statement about the issue and that might be > > solved in the future (hopefully soon, rater than later). > > I don't believe I would be the only one to benefit from a > > proper solution, and that (IMHO) would be also great for > > OmniOS/illumos based distros ;-) > > > AFAIK, (apart from Microsoft) only Tuxera has an in-kernel > implementation of an NTFS driver. It is a closed-source one, > which has not been adapted to Solaris and friends. > (see http://www.tuxera.com) > > > > > Now, I've been trying a couple of things in the meantime as well. > > The package "ntfsprogs" (which is available in the main OmniOS repo) > > provides some utils and I was able to list the files on my USB > > device, but the mount option wasn't ported to OmniOS. Here is more > > info about the pkg: > > > > ######################### > > > > root@gearloose:~# pkg info -r ntfsprogs > > Name: system/file-system/ntfsprogs > > Summary: ntfsprogs - Utilities that provide access to NTFS > > Description: ntfsprogs are utilities that provide access to and > > manipulation > > of NTFS > > Category: System/Administration and Configuration > > State: Not installed > > Publisher: omnios > > Version: 2.0.0 > > Build Release: 5.11 > > Branch: 0.151004 > > Packaging Date: Thu Oct 11 22:43:21 2012 > > Size: 831.75 kB > > FMRI: > > pkg://omnios/system/file-system/[email protected],5.11-0.151004:20121011T224321Z > > This is a very old package from a dead project. Be prepared > to get into problems with 4k sector devices. > > It has been taken over by ntfs-3g and it is now part of > the ntfs-3g releases and it has been ported to OpenIndiana. > > The source code and executables for OpenIndiana are available on > http://jp-andre.pagesperso-orange.fr/openindiana-ntfs-3g.html > (the same source code on Tuxera at > http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-advanced/#download) > > Regards > > Jean-Pierre > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > > > > > --- > Fabio Rodrigues > [email protected] > > *illumos-discuss* | > Archives<https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/23587090-93bb4910> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
