thanks. ok, that was my mistake for that "mdntfs". it should be "ntfs".
best --- On Sat, 2/26/11, ill...@gmail.com <ill...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: ill...@gmail.com <ill...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: usb portable drive (ntfs) issues > To: "gahn" <ipfr...@yahoo.com> > Cc: "freebsd general questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Date: Saturday, February 26, 2011, 11:00 PM > On 26 February 2011 22:23, gahn > <ipfr...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > hi all gurus: > > > > for usb external drive, i followed the handbook: > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/usb-disks.html > > > > but i have some problems for mounting a portable usb > external drive: > > > > 1) when i plugged in, /dev/da0s1 appears: > > > > ip@hotty:/var/log:$ ls -al /dev/da0s1 > > crw-r----- 1 root operator 0, 108 Feb 26 > 22:05 /dev/da0s1 > > > > but i can't mount it: > > > > hotty# mount -t mdntfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt/mlu > > mount: /dev/da0s1 : Operation not supported by device > > > > I am wholly unfamiliar with mdntfs, so I'll assume you > meant to type ntfs. In any case, you probably have > to > mount it read-only (unless you install > sysutils/fusefs-ntfs) > as FreeBSD does not support writing to ntfs by default. > > Fat32 is still the only viable solution for (nearly) full > portability. > > -- > -- > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"