You can download an RPM which installs the module for RedHatLinux 9 from http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm/redhat9.html and install it. Check the file /proc/filesystems to see if NTFS is listed in it. Then mount the partition as Chris pointed out. Also to mount it on every boot, add this line to the file /etc/fstab /dev/hdaXX /mnt/partition ntfs defaults 0 0 hope that helps. Bhanu. On 7/26/05, Chris Graig <cgraig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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/ > > -- The difference between Theory and Practice is more so in Practice than in Theory. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
