On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 12:43:43PM -0700, Stan Cooper wrote: > Eric writes: > > > what kind of file system? fat or NTFS? I dont think you can write to > > NTFS drives from BSD can you, at least not without a port? > > > > see if this port helps: > > > > ntfsprogs
Try /usr/ports/sysutils/fusefs-ntfs instead. It's newer and is supposed to support writing. > Yes, Eric, you're right, it is an NTFS drive. Didn't know there was > any other kind ;) There's FAT32, which is well-known and supported, but wastes space on larger drives. > Roland writes: > > How is the drive mounted? If you type "mount" does it show the drive to > > be mounted read-only? > > I unmounted, typed "mount /win" and it just gave me a prompt. But the > command I really need to use, if I understand correctly, is > "mount_ntfs /dev/ad0s1 /win". What I meant was; if the drive is mounted and you type 'mount' at the command prompt, you get a list of all mounts. If they are read-only, it says so there. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725)
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