From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 9 23:55:29 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A21911065676 for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2009 23:55:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A6B08FC17 for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2009 23:55:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n09NtLMx072416; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:55:22 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 89507BA84; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:55:21 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:55:21 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Rem P Roberti Message-ID: <20090109235521.GA49508@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <4967C511.3060100@comcast.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4967C511.3060100@comcast.net> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mounting /c X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:55:30 -0000 --3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 01:43:45PM -0800, Rem P Roberti wrote: > Question 1) >=20 > I have this alias that allows me to mount my windoze drive at /c: >=20 > alias mdc=3D'mount_ntfs /dev/ad1s1 /c' >=20 > It works fine. I thought that I could automate the process further by > mounting /c at boot-up time, so I added this to fstab: >=20 > # Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump = =20 > Pass# > /dev/ad1s1 /c ntfs =20 > rw 1 0 When using the built-in mount_ntfs you should really mount read-only. Maybe using the options 'ro' and 'late' will help. > Question 2) >=20 > I know that it is possible to copy files from /c to my freebsd drive, but > is it possible to do that in reverse? You should use the sysutils/fusefs-ntfs port if you want to mount ntfs read/write. See /usr/ports/sysutils/fusefs-ntfs/files/README.FreeBSD Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkln4+kACgkQEnfvsMMhpyUxbwCaAkDanTmgYDuCXOERjLp8IPYg gJcAn1oo/WimH9ZH+hWRX5P5Sol2ZH9p =EIIE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz--