No such file or directory on viewable drive

[heatherval]

hi

i recently mounted an ntfs drive
and named is /previews.

i am able to view the drive and files
but can not copy to it as the error output says
cp: /previews /new: No such file or directory

Owner is root and i cant chown the drive nor chmod it


Here is the line form my fstab file

/dev/ad2s1 /previews
ntfs rw,noauto 0 0

code

mkdir /previews

sudo mount /dev/ad2s1

It is mounted fine
i can even view the files


code:

pcbsd# cp -R new /previews

cp: /previews /new: No such file or directory


is it possible i have set the line in fstab wrong
i do not like it auto loading at boot up

i ran into this once before but do not remember when or what i did about it.

Any idea anyone please

[TerryP]

FreeBSD only has READ ONLY access to NTFS Volumes, you require drivers not included with FreeBSD if you want to have write access.


Probable way of getting RW to NTFS:

Opent he PC-BSD system tool and fetch the system sources (or use FreeBSD sources on PC-BSD CD#2).

Install fusefs-ntfs and ntfsprogs from ports

follow any related instructions from their doc and reboot.


Note: You fsck up your NTFS drives, it's your own head... since Microsoft owns NTFS and any other implementation of RW is likely without warranty.

[heatherval]

Hi

Thank you so much for your reply terryP
i remember doing something very similar in ubuntu at one time
with am Ntfs tool i needed to install

i know i already have the sources as of yesterday
now to get the install going on the tool you mention.

i will try not to fsck the drives

Thanks

[heatherval]

Hi

Thank you so much for your reply TerryP
i remember doing something very similar in ubuntu at one time
with am ntfs tool i needed to install

i know i already have the sources as of yesterday
now to get the install going on the tool you mention.

i will try not to fsck the drives

Thanks