[Q] external hdd write problem

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Hi,

I recently bought a Archos Gen9 ICS.
Using the host cable I can copy from internal memory to USB (fat32) without a problem. This also works when connecting the USB using the 3G input.
However when I connect an external HDD (ntfs) using the 3G input it's recognized, but I can't copy files to it. In the default file manager I don't even have the "paste" button when I select the drive. Astro said something about the drive being read-only.

(btw...copying files to the usb-stick didn't even work with astro...it always complained about not being able to create a new directory. Anyway if the default file manager works, that's fine by me)

What could be the problem here? Is it file system related or...?

Hope someone knows the answer.

Thanks in advance!
neva

Write support on ntfs file system isnt given.

You could reformat your hard drive as fat 32 but i wouldnt do so.
You would lose support for big files over 4 gb, you would lose all your data, etc.

it is kernel related, perhaps it might be possible to trick your archos if you feed it with ntfs-3g, but i dont know if it is possible. It would be tricky, you would have to find arm binery therefore. There is a thread here on xda in same subsection gen9 android developement.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...hlight=ntfs-3g

You could try that and report if you successed.

Greatings.

Thx for your quick reply.
I didn't know that ntfs write wasn't possible at the moment...

I'll probably convert my hdd back to fat32, or buy a "bigger" usb stick