ntfs-3g via mount command

[tim-m89]

ntfs-3g [drive] [mountpoint]

works fine but

mount -t ntfs-3g [drive] [mountpoint]

mount: [drive] : Operation not supported by device

Why is this?

 

[DutchDaemon]

I don't think 'ntfs-3g' is a valid target for the mount -t command. Wasn't ntfs-3g itself some sort of symlink?

 

[sixtydoses]

I don't think 'ntfs-3g' is a valid target for the mount -t command. Wasn't ntfs-3g itself some sort of symlink?

I was thinking the same too (about 'ntfs-3g' not a valid target for mount -t command), but from the man page:

SYNOPSIS
ntfs-3g [-o option[,...]] volume mount_point
mount -t ntfs-3g [-o option[,...]] volume mount_point

I've never tried mounting ntfs using the latter command though. Have you tried using the force option (though probably it is a bit risky)?

 

[graudeejs]

I bet it's unedited linux man page

 

[DutchDaemon]

Probably. The man file speaks about /dev/hda1, and such.

See also posts #31 - #33 of http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?p=51796 for the exact same conversation.

As for the 'symlink' I mentioned earlier, I was probably remembering this: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=6455 and http://forums.freebsd.org/showpost.php?p=18502&postcount=15

 

[sixtydoses]

From http://www.freshports.org/sysutils/fusefs-ntfs:

Install symlink in /usr/sbin/mount_ntfs-3g, to allow using with 'mount -t ntfs-3g' and in /etc/fstab, after mounting /usr.

http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/questions/2008-02/msg01309.html

 

[DutchDaemon]

Well, something with a symlink

 

[tim-m89]

But the standard ntfs-3g install creates the symlink:

/usr/sbin/mount_ntfs-3g -> /usr/local/bin/ntfs-3g

without any custom modifications.