Re: NTFS write access from FreeBSd

From: james hal-pc.org (at)
Date: 09/27/05 

Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 10:54:39 -0500

Keve Nagy wrote:
> jpd wrote:
>
>> split(1) to cut your files into chunks of just under 2GB so they fit
>> on a fat32 fs, then you can use copy /b on your windows machine to
>> reassemble the pieces.
>
>
> In fact, you don't even need to split to chunks smaller than 2GBs for a
> Fat32 FS. AIUI that is for Fat16 only, which is limited to a maximum
> volume size of 2GBs,

the problem is that FAT32 (and 16 for that matter according to M$ specs on it)
don't support files larger than *4* gigs, so splitting just under that would
still work.
another solution would be to make the drive EXT2. there are drivers for Windows
that allow it read/write to EXT2 (as it is written by O.S. developers and based
on open software) and FreeBSD supports it just fine as well.
hope that helps.