Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 12:36:43 -0600 From: Ryan Coleman <ryan.coleman@cwis.biz> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: USB Thumb Drive Message-ID: <A73DFAA9-217A-42A0-BA28-E2403D5AA97C@cwis.biz> In-Reply-To: <20101201131025.5d192c65@scorpio> References: <AANLkTinxXDY9tEgjT9vvLCkkOPQeCeA8DOx6XsWwhaag@mail.gmail.com> <20101201170000.0305126f@core.draftnet> <20101201131025.5d192c65@scorpio>
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On Dec 1, 2010, at 12:10 PM, Jerry wrote: > On Wed, 1 Dec 2010 17:00:00 +0000 > Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> articulated: >=20 >> On Wed, 1 Dec 2010 11:47:26 -0500 >> Chris Brennan <xaero@xaerolimit.net> wrote: >>> [root@BlackDragon [~]# kldload ntfs (just so I can read from the >>> device and copy what I wanted off it) >>> [root@BlackDragon [~]# mount -t ntfs /dev/da0 /mnt/thumb >>> mount_ntfs: /dev/da0: Invalid argument >>=20 >> I think Windows defaults to FAT32 on removable drives, so you might >> need to use '-t msdosfs' instead. In newer versions of Windows you = can >> also format disks using exFAT which I don't believe is supported in >> the open source world yet. >=20 > I believe that exFAT is the default in Windows 7. In any case, there = is > no support for it in FreeBSD; although I believe there is support, > rudimentary perhaps, in Linux. >=20 > Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExFAT#Licensing) As the page says, it's READ ONLY in Linux... kinda pathetic. Thanks, = Microsoft, for changing things AGAIN so you cannot be shared safely with = others. Any thoughts on when hey might require their users to wear latex gloves = when using something other than Windows? -- Ryan=
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