Hi, Well, the external has to be connected, otherwise it can't see the volume.
Regards, Nic Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: [email protected] AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On Jan 17, 2010, at 5:42 AM, Dan Roy wrote: > Will this also work with external drives. I assume it doesn't matter. > However, sometimes, my external drive is disconnected from the machine. > > This would really be cool, because, I could then backup my Mac on the journal > partition, however, I would be able to share the other partition with my > windows machine. It would be vary nice indeed! > > > On Jan 16, 2010, at 10:50 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > >> 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: [email protected] >> 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 [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> 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 [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> 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 [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > >
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