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