vade

Hi. This is great news. There is now a driver for OS X that allows 

read/write access to NTFS formatted partitions ( or any file system 

with a fuse plugin) ,ie: bootcamp, firewire or USB drives formatted 

on PC, etc. This helps me tremendously with doing XP/OS X max 

patching, not having to deal with BS, etc, and might be of use to 

http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8300945231/m/

Ive tested reading and writing large files, and it seems to work!

Hi. This is great news. There is now a driver for OS X that allows  
read/write access to NTFS formatted partitions ( or any file system  
with a fuse plugin) ,ie:  bootcamp, firewire or USB drives formatted  
on PC, etc. This helps me tremendously with doing XP/OS X max  
patching, not having to deal with BS, etc, and might be of use to  
others on the forum...

http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/ - there is plenty of discussion  
here: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8300945231/m/ 
801005982831/p/1

off-topic-mac-fuse-for-those-doing-os-xxp-development-a-solution-to-writing-ntfs

Oh my god, if it's really working this is a kind of new era. Thanks 

f.e chanfrault | aka | personal computer music

> >>>>>> |sublime music for a desperate people|

> Hi. This is great news. There is now a driver for OS X that allows 

> read/write access to NTFS formatted partitions ( or any file system 

> with a fuse plugin) ,ie: bootcamp, firewire or USB drives formatted 

> on PC, etc. This helps me tremendously with doing XP/OS X max 

> patching, not having to deal with BS, etc, and might be of use to 

http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8300945231/m/801005982831/p/1

> Ive tested reading and writing large files, and it seems to work!

> ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Oh my god, if it's really working this is a kind of new era. Thanks 
Vade, i'll spread the news...

f.e chanfrault | aka | personal computer music
> >>>>>> http://www.personal-computer-music.com
> >>>>>> |sublime music for a desperate people|

vade wrote:
> Hi. This is great news. There is now a driver for OS X that allows 
> read/write access to NTFS formatted partitions ( or any file system 
> with a fuse plugin) ,ie:  bootcamp, firewire or USB drives formatted 
> on PC, etc. This helps me tremendously with doing XP/OS X max 
> patching, not having to deal with BS, etc, and might be of use to 
> others on the forum...
>
> http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/ - there is plenty of discussion 
> here: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8300945231/m/801005982831/p/1
>
> Ive tested reading and writing large files, and it seems to work!
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> *v a d e //*
>
> *www.vade.info*
> *abstrakt.vade.info*
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>


This would come in handy, but I just read up on it and it sounds 

rather complicated. Before I dive in, how hard is it to install 

macfuse? Doubleclick and you're done? Takes the whole afternoon 

setting up? What sorts of read/write speeds can we expect? Functional 

but crippled? Incredibly fast? I only need the (PC) NTFS 

functionality at this point, never even heard of the rest of the 

I tried installing and using a form of NAS on my G5 the other day, 

and it was time-consuming and disappointing (slow) in the end, much 

Op 13-jan-2007, om 8:52 heeft f.e het volgende geschreven:

> Oh my god, if it's really working this is a kind of new era. Thanks 

> f.e chanfrault | aka | personal computer music

>> >>>>>> |sublime music for a desperate people|

>> Hi. This is great news. There is now a driver for OS X that allows 

>> read/write access to NTFS formatted partitions ( or any file 

>> system with a fuse plugin) ,ie: bootcamp, firewire or USB drives 

>> formatted on PC, etc. This helps me tremendously with doing XP/OS 

>> X max patching, not having to deal with BS, etc, and might be of 

http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/

>> Ive tested reading and writing large files, and it seems to work!

>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- 

This would come in handy, but I just read up on it and it sounds  
rather complicated. Before I dive in, how hard is it to install  
macfuse? Doubleclick and you're done? Takes the whole afternoon  
setting up? What sorts of read/write speeds can we expect? Functional  
but crippled? Incredibly fast? I only need the (PC) NTFS  
functionality at this point, never even heard of the rest of the  
formats.

I tried installing and using a form of NAS on my G5 the other day,  
and it was time-consuming and disappointing (slow) in the end, much  
slower than on a PC.

> Oh my god, if it's really working this is a kind of new era. Thanks  
> Vade, i'll spread the news...
>
> f.e
>
> f.e chanfrault | aka | personal computer music
>> >>>>>> http://www.personal-computer-music.com
>> >>>>>> |sublime music for a desperate people|
>
>
> vade wrote:
>> Hi. This is great news. There is now a driver for OS X that allows  
>> read/write access to NTFS formatted partitions ( or any file  
>> system with a fuse plugin) ,ie:  bootcamp, firewire or USB drives  
>> formatted on PC, etc. This helps me tremendously with doing XP/OS  
>> X max patching, not having to deal with BS, etc, and might be of  
>> use to others on the forum...
>>
>> http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/ - there is plenty of discussion  
>> here: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/ 
>> 8300945231/m/801005982831/p/1
>>
>> Ive tested reading and writing large files, and it seems to work!
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> *v a d e //*
>>
>> *www.vade.info*
>> *abstrakt.vade.info*
>>
>>
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>> ---
>>
>>


Not free, but also worth noting is that the new Parallels Desktop 

release candidate can use BootCamp partitions and should also be able 

to transfer files to/from NTFS/FAT32 partitions in addition to 

running Win32 programs. Unfortunately still no HW OpenGL from 

Parallels AFAIK, and PACE problems running in a VM (need to use Max 

runtime in Parallels) but for those of you that were waiting for this 

feature (like myself), I thought I'd pass along...

http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/beta_testing/

Not free, but also worth noting is that the new Parallels Desktop  
release candidate can use BootCamp partitions and should also be able  
to transfer files to/from NTFS/FAT32 partitions in addition to  
running Win32 programs. Unfortunately still no HW OpenGL from  
Parallels AFAIK, and PACE problems running in a VM (need to use Max  
runtime in Parallels) but for those of you that were waiting for this  
feature (like myself), I thought I'd pass along...

Zip: it should only take 5 min or so to set up, not even that.

Ive written a small how to on setting it up in the ars forum : 

episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8300945231/m/801005982831? 

R/W speeds are native and pretty fast, its full NTFS support, so you 

On Jan 13, 2007, at 3:15 AM, Zip Boterbloem wrote:

> This would come in handy, but I just read up on it and it sounds 

> rather complicated. Before I dive in, how hard is it to install 

> macfuse? Doubleclick and you're done? Takes the whole afternoon 

> setting up? What sorts of read/write speeds can we expect? 

> Functional but crippled? Incredibly fast? I only need the (PC) NTFS 

> functionality at this point, never even heard of the rest of the 

> I tried installing and using a form of NAS on my G5 the other day, 

> and it was time-consuming and disappointing (slow) in the end, much 

> Op 13-jan-2007, om 8:52 heeft f.e het volgende geschreven:

>> Oh my god, if it's really working this is a kind of new era. 

>> f.e chanfrault | aka | personal computer music

>>> >>>>>> |sublime music for a desperate people|

>>> Hi. This is great news. There is now a driver for OS X that 

>>> allows read/write access to NTFS formatted partitions ( or any 

>>> file system with a fuse plugin) ,ie: bootcamp, firewire or USB 

>>> drives formatted on PC, etc. This helps me tremendously with 

>>> doing XP/OS X max patching, not having to deal with BS, etc, and 

>>> might be of use to others on the forum...

>>> Ive tested reading and writing large files, and it seems to work!

Ive written a small how to on setting it up in the ars forum : http:// 
episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8300945231/m/801005982831? 
r=542007192831#542007192831

R/W speeds are native and pretty fast, its full NTFS support, so you  
should be good to go.

> This would come in handy, but I just read up on it and it sounds  
> rather complicated. Before I dive in, how hard is it to install  
> macfuse? Doubleclick and you're done? Takes the whole afternoon  
> setting up? What sorts of read/write speeds can we expect?  
> Functional but crippled? Incredibly fast? I only need the (PC) NTFS  
> functionality at this point, never even heard of the rest of the  
> formats.
>
> I tried installing and using a form of NAS on my G5 the other day,  
> and it was time-consuming and disappointing (slow) in the end, much  
> slower than on a PC.
>
> Best,
>
> Zip
>
> Op 13-jan-2007, om 8:52 heeft f.e het volgende geschreven:
>
>> Oh my god, if it's really working this is a kind of new era.  
>> Thanks Vade, i'll spread the news...
>>
>> f.e
>>
>> f.e chanfrault | aka | personal computer music
>>> >>>>>> http://www.personal-computer-music.com
>>> >>>>>> |sublime music for a desperate people|
>>
>>
>> vade wrote:
>>> Hi. This is great news. There is now a driver for OS X that  
>>> allows read/write access to NTFS formatted partitions ( or any  
>>> file system with a fuse plugin) ,ie:  bootcamp, firewire or USB  
>>> drives formatted on PC, etc. This helps me tremendously with  
>>> doing XP/OS X max patching, not having to deal with BS, etc, and  
>>> might be of use to others on the forum...
>>>
>>> http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/ - there is plenty of discussion  
>>> here: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/ 
>>> 8300945231/m/801005982831/p/1
>>>
>>> Ive tested reading and writing large files, and it seems to work!
>>>
>>> Hope this helps.
>>>
>>> *v a d e //*
>>>
>>> *www.vade.info*
>>> *abstrakt.vade.info*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>>> ----
>>>
>>>
>

Off Topic - Mac Fuse - for those doing OS X/XP development - a solution to writing NTFS