Re: NTFS support

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On Tue, 2004-10-19 at 17:17 +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> Am Dienstag, den 19.10.2004, 17:30 +1000 schrieb Colin Charles:
> > On Tue, 2004-10-19 at 17:05, Senectus . wrote:
> > > I noticed that the FC3 T3 doesn't have NTFS support in the kernel..
> > > I'm a Gentoo user in past so a kernel recompile doesn't phase me
> > > much.. I was just wondering if there was any other considerations I
> > > need be aware of for doing a recompile with ntfs support?
> > 
> > Nope. Re-compiling the kernel is very similar to doing it elsewhere.
> > Using an initrd is useful, otherwise, doesn't seem like anything'll be
> > different
> 
> Recompiling the kernel to get the ntfs module is a bit heavy... 
> 
> > http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm/index.html might also be helpful
> 
> For those interested there is an alternate ntfs-Package in testing at
> rpm.livna.org since ~2 weeks. An updated SRPM is in the works that
> easily should rebuild with rawhide kernels. See:
> 
> http://bugzilla.livna.org/show_bug.cgi?id=285
> 
> -- 
> Thorsten Leemhuis <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

You can't just build the ntfs module?
Much faster if doable. I spun a new 8021q module on a P3 700, 512mb is
about 4 minutes soup to nuts the other day.

Ted


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