Fwd: How do I mount an external ntfs formatted harddisk manually and through /etc/fstab?

CmdLnKid cmdlnkid at gmail.com
Mon Aug 3 13:19:47 UTC 2009


On Sun, 2 Aug 2009 12:54 -0000, jensrasmus wrote:

> I'm forwarding this to -stable list, since i appears to get no response on
> -fs.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jens Rasmus Liland <jensrasmus at gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 4:25 PM
> Subject: How do I mount an external ntfs formatted harddisk manually and
> through /etc/fstab?
> To: freebsd-fs at freebsd.org
>
>
> Hi,
>
> How do I mount an NTFS formatted external harddisk plugged into the computer
> using a usb cable? And what do i write in the /etc/fstab after being able to
> successfully mount it manually?
>
> I have some blurry understanding after reading a bit in handbook that the
> harddisk's NTFS partition is at /dev/da0s1 by default. I have installed
> ntfs-3g from ports.
>
> /Rasmus
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Try mount_ntfs-3g /dev/da0s1 /path/to/mountpoint

Manuals and other such documentation serve as a pretty good medium.

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