Re: online doc contradiction?

Richard Deal wrote:
> Hi Folks!
> 
> I believe I found a contradiction in you online docs, discovered while 
> trying to figure out problems I'm having mounting an NTFS partition on a 
> secondary hard drive. Specifically in FAQ 14.16, "Can I access data on 
> filesystems other than FFS?", it states right away: "Yes. Other 
> supported filesystems include: ext2 (Linux), ISO9660 and UDF (CD-ROM, 
> DVD media), FAT (MS-DOS and Windows), NFS, NTFS (Windows), AmigaDOS." 
> However, later in the same section there is this statement: "However, 
> some are not, e.g. the NTFS support is experimental and therefore not 
> included in GENERIC." This is a bit confusing. The man page for 
> 'mount_ntfs' states is "experimental" and "limited", but does say 
> anything indicating it cannot be used. I keep getting 'Operation not 
> supported' whenever I try to mount the drive/partition. My question is, 
> is NTFS supported, even in a limited sense, or not?
> (BTW: using version OBSD4.0) Thanks and keep up the great work!
> 
> cheers,
> 
>  - r

You are making this harder than it is.

NTFS access is possible.
It is experimental and imperfect.
It is not in the standard kernel.
You have to make your own kernel to use it (as it says CLEARLY in the
very next sentence after one you quote!)

Read the whole article again, I think it is very clear and
non-contradictory, and reflects and states reality well.

Nick.