Thread: Format N900 into NTFS
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2009-12-22 , 23:16
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#26
Originally Posted by go1dfish View Post
No, the n900 assumes the microSD is formatted FAT, and will fail to automatically recognize/mount it on boot/insert. (For instance my microSD is ext3, I have to mount it manually in Xterm)


If you or someone else compiles the necessary kernel modules, you *may* be able to manually mount the microSD, but this is deeply in "at your own risk" territory.
Pure speculation, but wouldn't modifying /etc/fstab accordingly help the N900 to automatically recognize/mount the drive as ntfs?

something like replacing this line:
Code:
/dev/mmcblk0p1 /home/user/MyDocs vfat noauto,nodev/noexec,nosuid,noatime,nodiratime,utf8,uid=2999,shortname=mixed,dmask=000,fmask=0133,rodir 0 0
with:
Code:
/dev/mmcblk0p1 /home/user/MyDocs ntfs-3g  noauto,nodev/noexec,nosuid,noatime,nodiratime,utf8,uid=2999,shortname=mixed,dmask=000,fmask=0133,rodir  0 0
Warnings:
  • I don't know enough about ntfs-3g to know which flags it can except
  • It is not recommended that you try this directly on your N900 (or at all).
  • If you are crazy enough to try this, backup all of your data.
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