You have to have the code maturity options set to show development and experimental options in order to see NTFS write support. At 05:53 AM 7/28/2002, you wrote: >On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Matt wrote: > > > NTFS read/write support has been in the kernels for a while but it is > > listed as experimental for Reading and dangerous for writing. Chances are > > that your kernel does not have NTFS support compiled in. > I've not seen ntfs-writesupport in my kernelconfig as yet. >ntfs-readonly was already included in the 2.2.x series. >and, no using -t vfat on mount won't do the trick ;) > >I've chekced my 2.4.18 config and confirmed the above. >write-support is probably some patch which is not yet included or part of >the 2.5.x development-kernels. > > > At 08:57 AM 7/25/2002, Gil Andre wrote: > > > > >Hi Darragh, > > > > > >On Thu, 25 Jul 2002 13:10:34 +0100, Darragh wrote: > > > > I know people are probably fed up of answering my questions, > > > > but here goes any way. > > > > > >Isn't "answering questions" the whole point of this mailing list? > > > > > > > I've found the below commands which > > > > should let me access a fat file system. As I am using an > > > > NTFS file system will this command work? If not, could > > > > someone give me the right command? > > > > > >NTFS is a very strange beast, indeed. As far as I know, NTFS > > >support in Linux is really limited to the latest kernels > > >(2.4.x) and you can only READ, not write, to NTFS using a > > >Linux system. > > > > > >That's about all I know about this, since I don't use NTFS > > >with Linux. For more information, I would suggest that you > > >consult the following web site : > > > > > >http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net > > > > > >And, especially, its FAQ section: > > > > > >http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/info/index.html > > > > > >And, as usual, Google is your friend: > > > > > > >http://www.google.com/search?q=NTFS%20Linux&sourceid=opera&num=0&ie=ut >f-8&oe=utf-8 > > > > > >Sorry I can't give you more precise answers... > > > > > >Hope this helps! > > > > > >-- > > > > > >Gil Andre gandre@arkeia.com > > > Technical Writer > > >Arkeia Corp. http://www.arkeia.com > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > > > >Blinux-list@redhat.com > > >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > >-- >slainte mhaith (good health), slainte (cheers) >Uisce Beatha (water of live/health) >----------- >Andor Demarteau E-mail: ademarte@students.cs.uu.nl >student computer science www: http://www.students.cs.uu.nl/~ademarte/ >Utrecht University irc: see webpage for details >----------- >Believe in yourself, know what you want, and make it happen! > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list