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ntfs-3g: Device not configured
Hello everyone. I spent some time finding how to use OpenBSD for the first time. I come from a Linux environment so I didn't find it very difficult, but ntfs-3g is giving me a headache.
I'm using a clean OpenBSD 5.4 install, with 5.4 ports and 5.4 src. |
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Hello, and welcome.
Unfortunately, libfuse and ntfs-3g were not enabled at 5.4-release because they were in development and not yet fully functional, and therefore considered experimental. I tested libfuse and ntfs-3g in June, and I had to manually add the library and header files to my -current system build, and I needed a custom kernel that included fuse interfaces, in order to conduct those tests. The OpenBSD Project added libfuse, ntfs-3g, and sshfs-fuse to the -current build on 1 November 2013, and these will be available to you at 5.5-release, expected on or about 1 May 2014. The ntfs-3g port was in the tree at 5.4-release, but it was not in the build (no packages were made) as the underlying components of libfuse and other dependent services were not yet ready. Here is the most recent CVS log entry for ports/sysutils/ntfs-3g/Makefile applicable to the 5.4 ports tree: Code:
revision 1.3 date: 2013/07/15 08:05:50; author: jca; state: Exp; lines: +3 -7 The uuid library from sysutils/e2fsprogs was renamed, so fix up WANTLIB. Note: not hooked to the build; likely the last port that needed fixup for the uuid naming change. Amit Kulkarni had the same diff, ok aja@ sthen@ Last edited by jggimi; 20th January 2014 at 02:05 AM. Reason: typos, clarity |
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Thank you for the reply. I didn't know it was enabled in 5.5 only. I thought there was a way to install it in 5.4 (because I compiled it from the 5.4 src and ports) . I'll have to install "current" then.
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You could do what I did -- you are part way there already. You would need to build and use a custom kernel, as fuse kernel services are not part of your 5.4 GENERIC or GENERIC.MP kernel. Fuse kernel services were enabled for -current users 1 November.
That stated, I wouldn't recommend doing this. While you could certainly configure and build a 5.4-release kernel with fuse included -- custom kernels are unsupported, and you would be using code that was (at the time) experimental and incomplete. In order to run -current, you must either re-install from a snapshot, or do a very careful upgrade with a snapshot. Very careful. Due to several changes to application binary interfaces between 5.4 and -current, a -current kernel is incompatible with 5.4 userland and port/package binaries. That ABI incompatibility precludes you from running a "Frankensystem" with a blend of -release and -current components, if you were inclined to experiment. Last edited by jggimi; 20th January 2014 at 02:30 AM. Reason: fixed incorrect/incomplete links, clarity. |
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I went back to OpenBSD after some time, installed 5.5 and this time it was very straight forward. I have ntfs-3g working from the 5.5 ports.
If it's in the official 5.5 ports, how stable can it be considered? Is it still "experimental"? (I get the part of "use at your own risk", but I just want to know if the devs still consider ir alpha. Beta is fine. |
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Thank you. I was worried about my information, since I use ntfs in my external HD to share data with other PCs around the house (with different OSes, like linux and windows).
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