Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 01:53:45 -0500 From: Novembre <novembre@gmail.com> To: "Craig Butler" <craig001@lerwick.hopto.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NTFS-3G mount during boot Message-ID: <3b47caa90710072353h4897264fr5d1c80b06ee90000@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <47093F4B.70300@lerwick.hopto.org> References: <3b47caa90710062301s32d54e30j1f2e64eb65126879@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.0.9999.0710062341050.62920@qbhto.arg> <3b47caa90710070100p7b28e9f8o64b4e76304710c32@mail.gmail.com> <200710071548.04067.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> <3b47caa90710071107g7ce30067k832d97db92afbd1c@mail.gmail.com> <47093F4B.70300@lerwick.hopto.org>
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On 10/7/07, Craig Butler <craig001@lerwick.hopto.org> wrote: > Novembre wrote: > > On 10/7/07, Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> wrote: > > > >> On Sunday 07 October 2007 10:00:35 Novembre wrote: > >> > >> > >>> On 10/7/07, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Sun, 7 Oct 2007, Novembre wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> The first error above is because the fuse kernel module is not yet > >>>>> > >>>> loaded. > >>>> > >>>> Well isn't it sort of pointless to proceed until you get the kernel > >>>> module loaded at boot time and then see what happens next? > >>>> > >>> Oh, the kernel module IS loaded as shown in 'dmesg -a' and in > >>> /var/log/messages. However, it can't be loaded unless / and /usr file > >>> systems are mounted. > >>> > >> Filesystems that need modules from anywhere else then the root partition > >> cannot be loaded from /etc/fstab. > >> Either make fusefs-kmod install in /boot/modules > >> (echo 'KMOD_DIR=/boot/modules' > >> > >>> /usr/ports/sysutils/fusefs-kmod/Makefile.local) or mount the filesystem > >>> > >> using an rc(8) script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/. > >> In the end you do not really care whether it's mounted 20 seconds or 1 > >> second > >> before login prompt is available. > >> > >> -- > >> Mel > >> > >> > > > > > > > > Well, I gave up using /etc/fstab to mount NTFS partitions at boot time a > > couple of months ago when I realized that it's not the correct way to do it > > (so I also wrote an rc.d script to do the job, but I'll talk about it > > later). However, I recently looked at fusefs-ntfs source files, and as you > > can see from > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/sysutils/fusefs-ntfs/Makefile in > > revision 1.19, there are changes (installing a symlink) to allow using > > /etc/fstab to mount NTFS partitions at boot. So I thought that maybe now > > it's okay to use /etc/fstab. Anyway, if it's still not possible to use > > /etc/fstab, then what does that sentence mean in the revision 1.19 of > > fusefs-ntfs Makefile (again, see the URL above)? > > > > Another question is why, even after loading the kernel module (see the > > 'dmesg -a' output below), it is not possible to mount the NTFS partition? > > ---------- > > [user@pasargadae ~]$ dmesg -a > > ... > > Starting fusefs. > > fuse4bsd: version 0.3.9-pre1, FUSE ABI 7.8 > > ... > > Mounting late file systems: > > fuse: failed to exec mount program: No such file or directory > > ---------- > > > > This output from /var/log/messages is also interesting, showing that ntfs-3g > > has indeed been run and that it has mounted my Windows partition (but I > > don't see it mounted)! > > ---------- > > [user@pasargadae ~]$ cat /var/log/messages > > ... > > Oct 6 14:22:40 pasargadae kernel: Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s2a > > Oct 6 14:22:45 pasargadae kernel: fuse4bsd: version 0.3.9-pre1, FUSE ABI > > 7.8 > > Oct 6 14:22:45 pasargadae ntfs-3g[811]: Version 1.913 > > Oct 6 14:22:45 pasargadae ntfs-3g[811]: Mounted /dev/ad0s1 (Read-Write, > > label "", NTFS 3.0) > > Oct 6 14:22:45 pasargadae ntfs-3g[811]: Cmdline options: (null) > > Oct 6 14:22:45 pasargadae ntfs-3g[811]: Mount options: > > noatime,silent,allow_other ,fsname=/dev/ad0s1 > > ... > > ---------- > > > > And I didn't know about the /boot/modules way. Could you please ellaborate > > more? Is it a different way to load kernel modules than using > > /boot/loader.conf? When should one use that? > > > > And now, about coming back to using an rc.d script...After failing to use > > /etc/fstab, I wrote this script to mount the partition at boot time. > > However, this also does not work! > > ---------- > > #!/bin/sh > > # > > # PROVIDE: ntfsmount > > # REQUIRE: fusefs > > # > > > > . /etc/rc.subr > > > > name="ntfsmount" > > rcvar=${name}_enable > > command="/usr/sbin/mount_ntfs-3g" > > command_args="/dev/ad0s1 /mnt/windows -o locale=en_US.UTF-8" > > > > load_rc_config $name > > > > : ${ntfsmount_enable="NO"} > > > > run_rc_command "$1" > > ---------- > > I have made this script executable and have put ' ntfsmount_enable="YES" ' > > in my /etc/rc.conf. So basically, I'm out of ideas now, and I need the > > experts' help in this case. I think this problem is way above my current > > knowledge of FreeBSD. > > > > Thanks for your help :) > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > Wow thats a lot of work..... > > one liner in /etc/rc.local > /usr/sbin/mount_ntfs-3g /dev/ad0s1 /mnt/windows -o locale=en_US.UTF-8 & > > > Job Done :p > > > > > ============================================================ > This email has been handled by lerwick.hopto.org mail server > and has been scanned by 3 virus killers and spamassassin > ============================================================ > > Are you sure it's going to work? My rc.d script is doing just that and it's not working. Are you using it yourself to mount any NTFS partition at boot time? Thanks :)
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