Hey Darragh, Your message with the above subject line shows "attachment". Is this a setting in your Eudoora that causes this in your message? I think it was you that mentioned that you are using Eudora. No big deal, I just thought you might want to know. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darragh" <darraghoheiligh@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 5:22 PM Subject: Re: Accessing an NTFS partition Thanks every one. Will only need to get files off the partition at the moment so read support is fine. Thanks again Darragh At 17:00 17/12/2002 -0600, you wrote: >Yes, this is correct. Using ntfsrw can lead to filesystem corruption. This >is the reason why there is no ntfsrw support in speakimage. > >Greg > > >On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 02:58:53PM +0000, igueths at attbi.com wrote: > > Hi. You do have the syntax correct. Only thing I would watch out for is > last > > time I rebuilt the kernel, I saw a blurb about it being dangerous to > enable > > NTFS_WRITE support. I'm just not clear on whether or not the reason for > that is > > because that module isn't very stable for widespread use, or whether > there is > > some other reason. I will check on that when I get back to my Linux > machine > > which won't be for a while. > > > Firstly you need ntfs support compiled as a module or as part of the > > > kernel. > > > Then you mount the drive and tell the mount that it is ntfs. > > > > > > I think the mount statement looks something like: > > > mount -t ntfs [device] [mount point] > > > Check the man page for mount to make sure that the syntax is correct, > > > because I am doing it from the top of my head. > > > > > > note: [device] is the ntfs drive, and [mount point] is the directory > > > that you are going to attach the ntfs drive to. so you may want to > > > create a directory in /mnt something like ntfs. > > > > > > mkdir /mnt/ntfs > > > > > > HTH! > > > Steve Dawes > > > PH: (403) 268-5527. > > > Mailto: sdawes at calgary.ca > > > > > > > > > NOTICE:: > > > This communication is intended ONLY for the use of the person or > entity named > > > above and may contain information that is confidential or legally > privileged. If > > > you are not the intended recipient named above or a person > responsible for > > > delivering messages or communications to the intended recipient, YOU > ARE HEREBY > NOTIFIED that any use, distribution, or copying of this > communication or any of > > > the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. If you have > received > > > this communication in error, please notify us immediately by > telephone and then > > > destroy or delete this communication, or return it to us by mail if > requested by > > > us. The City of Calgary thanks you for your attention and cooperation. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.431 / Virus Database: 242 - Release Date: 17/12/2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.431 / Virus Database: 242 - Release Date: 17/12/2002
