external HD (with enclosure) USB cannot be read by VL

[icedtea]

Now you're getting some NTFS filesystem errors that you should fix in Windows before using the drive in VL.

i think i really need to format my drive and set it to FAT32. .. to know the score

[icedtea]

hmm i forgot that an NTFS formatted disk cant be formatted to FAT32 anymore. .   any suggestions?


btw i was suggested to visit this site :

http://www.ntfs-3g.org/releases.html
http://www.ntfs-3g.org/support.html#locale3
http://www.ntfs-3g.org/index.html#download
http://fuse.sourceforge.net/


i have already downloaded the latest ntfs 3g version for slack. including FUSE since it is suggested that FUSE should be also be installed. . i will try this in my VL 5 and 5.8 hopefully it goes all the way 

[icedtea]

got it working on VL 5.8 GOLD

installed with FUSE 2.6
then got NTFS 3g version --

root:# ntfs-3g
ntfs-3g: No device is specified.

ntfs-3g 1.1004 - Third Generation NTFS Driver

Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Yura Pakhuchiy
Copyright (C) 2006-2007 Szabolcs Szakacsits

Usage:    ntfs-3g <device|image_file> <mount_point> [-o option[,...]]

Options:  ro, force, locale=, uid=, gid=, umask=, fmask=, dmask=,
          streams_interface=. Please see details in the manual.

Example:  ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/win -o force,locale=en_EN.UTF-8

Ntfs-3g news, support and information:  http://ntfs-3g.org
vector://var/log/packages
root:# tail -f /var/log/messages
Oct 14 17:55:29 vector vl-hot_mount: Starting vl-hot_mount...
Oct 14 17:55:29 vector vl-hot_mount: devname: sda1
Oct 14 17:55:29 vector vl-hot_mount: volname: vol1
Oct 14 17:55:29 vector vl-hot_mount: Mounting /dev/vl-hot/sda1 on /mnt/vl-hot/sda/vol1
Oct 14 17:55:29 vector vl-hot_mount: /dev/vl-hot/sda1 Filesystem is NTFS
Oct 14 17:55:29 vector vl-hot_mount: mounting NTFS filesystem: /dev/vl-hot/sda1 on /mnt/vl-hot/sda/vol1
Oct 14 17:55:29 vector kernel: NTFS driver 2.1.27 [Flags: R/W MODULE].
Oct 14 17:55:29 vector kernel: NTFS volume version 3.1.
Oct 14 17:55:29 vector vl-hot_mount: Showing desktop file vl-hot-sda-vol1.desktop
Oct 14 17:55:29 vector vl-hot_mount: Finishing vl-hot_mount...