Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 20:51:25 +0100 From: Martin Tournoij <carpetsmoker@xs4all.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: drewjenkinsjr@yahoo.com Subject: Re: Can I Mount A Windoze Drive? Message-ID: <20070218195125.GA72235@glitch.carpetsmoker.net> In-Reply-To: <841087.71142.qm@web62204.mail.re1.yahoo.com> References: <841087.71142.qm@web62204.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
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On Sun 18 Feb 2007 07:02, Drew Jenkins wrote: > For some reason, I can no longer mount the Windoze drive! The first time I mounted it, I didn't even change the fstab! I just issued the command: > mount_ntfs /dev/ad0s1 /mnt/win > and it mounted! I copied off everything I thought I needed. But when I tried to go back in, that didn't work. So I added the line suggested below to /etc/fstab and I still can't mount it! Rebooting doesn't help. What am I missing? > TIA, > Drew > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Martin Tournoij <carpetsmoker@xs4all.nl> > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Cc: drewjenkinsjr@yahoo.com > Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 3:10:22 AM > Subject: Re: Can I Mount A Windoze Drive? > > > On Sat 17 Feb 2007 13:02, Drew Jenkins wrote: > > Newbie question here. I just want to make sure I don't screw anything up. I have two hard drives in my box...one for Windoze, one for FBSD. Can I mount the former from FBSD and copy over files? Do I navigate it just like a FBSD disk..."cd", "cp", etc? > > TIA, > > Drew > > FreeBSD comes with a readonly ntfs driver. > > Assuming your windows partition is ad0s1 > mount_ntfs /dev/ad0s1 /mnt/win > > fstab entry: > /dev/ad0s1 /mnt/win ntfs ro,noauto 0 0 > > You can then copy stuff, for example: > cp /mnt/win/Documents\ and\ Settings/carpetsmoker/Desktop ~/ > > If you want read support, you might want to try ntfsprogs > (sysutils/ntfsprogs), which has some basic (EXPERIMENTAL!) read > support. Does mount give some kind error?
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