Yes, the FSW* packages only perform read-only access to NTFS...
You might want to format that 1TB disk as FAT under Windows...
But I assume, access to a 1TB disk via the PCFS driver is not the best
option... ;-)
What's the size of the things you want to move between the dual boot stuff,
do you really need 1 TB?
Matthias
You (Mike DeMarco) wrote:
> I have a 1Tbyte usb external HD that I want to be able to read with windows
> and b134. I have tried all of the below but am unable to get solaris to read
> and write to it.
>
> mkfs -F pcfs -o fat=32 /dev/rdsk/c10t0d0p1
> *Bad Sig on master boot record!
> mkfs -F pcfs -o fat=32 /dev/rdsk/c10t0d0p1:c
> *No such logical drive (missing extended partition entry)
> rmformat -F long /dev/dsk/c10t0d0p1
> *Not a removable device
> rmformat -F long /dev/rdsk/c10t0d0p1
> *DKIOREMOVABLE ioctl failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> mount -F pcfs /dev/dsk/c10t0d0p1 /mnt
> *mount: /dev/dsk/c10t0d0p1 is not a DOS filesystem.
> mount -F ntfs /dev/dsk/c10t0d0p1 /mnt
> touch /mnt/testfile
> *cannot create regular file /mnt/testfile: Read-only file system
>
> The ntfs mount is after installing FSWpart & FSWfsmis
>
> just need this drive to work like a memory stick. so I can move files between
> my duel boots.
>
> Thanks
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