[OpenIndiana-discuss] Mount NTFS USB under OmniOS

[Fabio Rodrigues]

Hi Jean-Pierre,

 So, I've downloaded the following packages (for OpenIndiana):

 - fuse-kernel-1.0AR.7.pkg
 - ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-2012.1.15AR.8.pkg64

 Explanining my choice, I just followed the theory that OmniOS and OpenIndiana share the same illumos core. The installation was successfully and I manage to mount my NTFS USB using command line. I've tested both options (just in case), to mount using "ntfs-3g -o ro /dev/dsk/c0t0d0p1 /mnt/usb" and "mount -F ntfs-3g -o ro /dev/dsk/c0t0d0p1 /mnt/usb".

 Doing the copies I need and, using rsync (the one available from OmniOS repo), I'm getting about ~7 to 10 MB/s max. Would this be something you're expecting to see as well under OpenIndiana or you think it might be something to do with me using a OpenIndiana package on OmniOS. 

 More info about my install:

 ##################################

 root at gearloose:~# cat /etc/release 
 OmniOS v11 r151004
 Copyright 2012 OmniTI Computer Consulting, Inc. All rights reserved.
 Use is subject to license terms.

 root at gearloose:~# pkginfo -l fusefs
 PKGINST: fusefs
 NAME: fusefs
 CATEGORY: filesystem
 ARCH: x86
 VERSION: 1.0AR.7
 BASEDIR: /usr
 DESC: fusefs - the FUSE kernel module
 PSTAMP: openindiana20120824173608
 INSTDATE: Jan 04 2013 19:38
 STATUS: completely installed
 FILES: 6 installed pathnames
 3 directories
 2 executables
 170 blocks used (approx)

 root at gearloose:~# pkginfo -l ntfs-3g
 PKGINST: ntfs-3g
 NAME: ntfs-3g
 CATEGORY: filesystem
 ARCH: x86_64
 VERSION: 2012.1.15AR.8
 BASEDIR: /
 DESC: ntfs-3g - Third Generation Read/Write NTFS Driver
 PSTAMP: openindiana20121013141801
 INSTDATE: Jan 04 2013 19:38
 STATUS: completely installed
 FILES: 53 installed pathnames
 17 directories
 14 executables
 1894 blocks used (approx)
 ##################################
 Anyway, besides having that feeling it's a bit slow, so far so good. I was wondering about the possibility of those two packages being available and maintain in the OmniOS repo (this would be more a question to OmniIT maybe?!).

 Thank you very much for your help!!!

 Cheers,
 Fabio

----- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -----
Von: Fabio Rodrigues
Gesendet: 04.01.13 19:01 Uhr
An: smartos-discuss at lists.smartos.org, OpenIndiana-discuss at openindiana.org, discuss at lists.illumos.org, omnios-discuss at lists.omniti.com
Betreff: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [OmniOS-discuss] [smartos-discuss] Re: Mount NTFS USB under OmniOS

Hi Jean-Pierre,

 Hmmm, that's makes sense about the NTFS being a closed-source implementation, so that's why it's not present yet.

 Since the two packages haven't worked properly and, as you have pointed out, they're old, it's enough good reason for me to remove them. Giving a try with ntfs-3g soon ;-)

 I'll let you know.

 Cheers,
 Fabio
----- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -----
Von: Jean-Pierre
Gesendet: 04.01.13 18:20 Uhr
An: openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org
Betreff: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [OmniOS-discuss] [smartos-discuss] Re: Mount NTFS USB under OmniOS

 Hi Fabio, Fabio Rodrigues wrote: > Hi Alain/All, > The reason I've decided to send the e-mail is, first of all, > to find out is there was a solution to natively support NTFS > that I wasn't aware of and second, in case there was nothing > there, to make an statement about the issue and that might be > solved in the future (hopefully soon, rater than later). > I don't believe I would be the only one to benefit from a > proper solution, and that (IMHO) would be also great for > OmniOS/illumos based distros ;-) AFAIK, (apart from Microsoft) only Tuxera has an in-kernel implementation of an NTFS driver. It is a closed-source one, which has not been adapted to Solaris and friends. (see http://www.tuxera.com) > > Now, I've been trying a couple of things in the meantime as well. > The package "ntfsprogs" (which is available in the main OmniOS repo) > provides some utils and I was able to list the files on my USB > device, but the mount option wasn't ported to OmniOS. Here is more > info about the pkg: > > ######################### > > root at gearloose:~# pkg info -r ntfsprogs > Name: system/file-system/ntfsprogs > Summary: ntfsprogs - Utilities that provide access to NTFS > Description: ntfsprogs are utilities that provide access to and manipulation > of NTFS > Category: System/Administration and Configuration > State: Not installed > Publisher: omnios > Version: 2.0.0 > Build Release: 5.11 > Branch: 0.151004 > Packaging Date: Thu Oct 11 22:43:21 2012 > Size: 831.75 kB > FMRI: pkg://omnios/system/file-system/ntfsprogs@2.0.0,5.11-0.151004:20121011T224321Z This is a very old package from a dead project. Be prepared to get into problems with 4k sector devices. It has been taken over by ntfs-3g and it is now part of the ntfs-3g releases and it has been ported to OpenIndiana. The source code and executables for OpenIndiana are available on http://jp-andre.pagesperso-orange.fr/openindiana-ntfs-3g.html (the same source code on Tuxera at http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-advanced/#download) Regards Jean-Pierre