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Date:      Sun, 20 Feb 2000 15:02:51 -0600 (CST)
From:      Ryan Thompson <freebsd@sasknow.com>
To:        Agent Drek <drek@MonsterByMistake.Com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: NTFS ro mount?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002201455100.7560-100000@sasknow.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002201518120.94184-100000@bunny.monsterbymistake.com>

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On Sun, 20 Feb 2000, Agent Drek wrote:

> Are there tools/drivers to mount an NTFS volume? I just need to read
> data from it.
> 
> thanks,
> 
man mount, for starters :-)

mount -r -t ntfs /dev/specialdevice /mountpoint

for example, if your ntfs filesystem is on wd1s1e (probably not :-):

mkdir /ntfs
mount -r -t ntfs /dev/wd1s1e /ntfs

To do this automatically the next time you reboot, execute:

echo '/dev/wd1s1e	/ntfs	ntfs	ro	2	2' >> /etc/fstab


This all depends on ntfs support being loaded in the kernel.  If you DON'T
have it statically compiled in, mount WILL load NTFS support as an LKM.
If you always mount NTFS partitions, you can save a bit of time and space
by adding the following line to your kernel:

options		NTFS

...and recompiling.  Note, again, that this is NOT necessary for NTFS to
function correctly.

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