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Hej!How can I mount a NTFS partition under Solaris 10?thx
[85 byte] By [Bergwiesel] at [2007-11-26 0:46:01]
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# 1

You can try:

mount -F pcfs /dev/dsk/... /mnt

It works for me, but I don't know if my windows fs

is NTFS or FAT32 or something else. In fact, I don't know

if NTFS and FAT32 are the same or different.

The man page for pcfs says it handles FAT12, FAT16,

and FAT32. Actually, now I have a windows question.

Is NTFS different from FAT32?

max

mbruning at 2007-7-5 19:41:20 > top of Java-index,Solaris Operating System,Solaris 10 Features...
# 2
I don't think you can mount NTFS directly.
mlexan at 2007-7-5 19:41:20 > top of Java-index,Solaris Operating System,Solaris 10 Features...
# 3
>> I have a windows question.>>Is NTFS different from FAT32?Absolutely!
ph0enix2002 at 2007-7-5 19:41:20 > top of Java-index,Solaris Operating System,Solaris 10 Features...
# 4

N.T.F.S is quite different than fat32. It supports permissions, mounting partitions to a directory, disk quotas and larger partitions. (I think 2 Tera bytes but it mite be max file size of 2TB) most of the features are stolen from UNIX or Novell I use would it if I could on a windows machine.

mcgkevin at 2007-7-5 19:41:20 > top of Java-index,Solaris Operating System,Solaris 10 Features...
# 5
It seems the question has not been answer yet. I would like to know the anser for this also. Now I am facing a problem to mount a network NTFS from Solaris server. Anyone knows please help.Thanks....
dwarf007 at 2007-7-5 19:41:20 > top of Java-index,Solaris Operating System,Solaris 10 Features...
# 6

NTFS filesystems cannot be mounted on Solaris, the necessary

filesystem support is not available with the Solaris kernel.

But FAT32 support is available. This is the standard pcfs(7FS)

Solaris filesystem.

To mount a FAT32 filesystem from an USB flash drive, you would

use something like

mount -F pcfs /dev/dsk/c2t0d0s2:c /mnt

on sparc, or

mount -F pcfs /dev/dsk/c2t0d0p0:c /mnt

on the x86 platform.

The c2t0d0 should be replaced with the proper disk device name

for the usb flash memory device. Check with "iostat -En" for

the correct name on your system.

solarisfan at 2007-7-5 19:41:20 > top of Java-index,Solaris Operating System,Solaris 10 Features...
# 7

NTFS = New Tecnology File System is completly different from the FAT32.

FAT and FAT32 is from the old DOS Systems. DOS was removed as a OS on Windows NT. Support for DOS remains in NT as a NTVDM. NT Virtual Dos Machine that runs as a Subprocess on top of the NT. kernel.

There exists a driver for the NTFS somwhere on internet, I tried it a copule of years ago on a Solaris8. The driver was then a readonly driver. I have lost the driver now, but info about it should be possible to find on internet with google or similar.

This applys to localy mounting a NTFS.

When mounting over the network, its different. The filesystem on the network does not use FAT or NTFS.

Insted it uses NETBios (MSB). Samba has a client for this, if I remember correct.

But it would be better install a NFS Server software on the Windows OS.

Fagerbrant at 2007-7-5 19:41:20 > top of Java-index,Solaris Operating System,Solaris 10 Features...
# 8
Hi,it is possible, there is a precompiled binary for x86/x64 mount-ntfs @ SourceForge.The Project is named NTFS Mount (Solaris), UFS Reader (WinXP).If you need it for sparc, you have to build it on your own.hope that helps.cheersjens
jens@sun at 2007-7-5 19:41:20 > top of Java-index,Solaris Operating System,Solaris 10 Features...
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