On 26 Jul 2005 17:56:35 +0530, Anurag Verma <averma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi > I have installed windows xp and linux both on my laptop. > Laptop is having intel architecture. > Linux Kernel is 2.4.20-8. > >From linux i m unable to mount my NTFS windows device file system. > Can anybody know, how to provide support for NTFS filesytem. > > Thanks > Anurag Make sure you have NTFS support compiled either in the kernel or as a module. If it is compiled as a module, which I recommend, make sure it is loaded. You can check if it's loaded by doing an lsmod. You can check if it's compiled in the kernel or as a module by grepping for it in your kernel .config file: grep NTFS .config CONFIG_NTFS_FS=m # CONFIG_NTFS_RW is not set If I recall correctly, the version of NTFS that comes with the 2.4.20 kernel is only a read-only version. There is write support for it, however it is very dangerous to use and not recommended. If it is installed correctly, here is the way to mount a NTFS filesystem: mkdir /mnt/ntfs mount /dev/hdXX /mnt/ntfs -t ntfs -r XX obviously being the hard drive letter and partition number for the NTFS drive. For more info: http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/ Chris -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
