On Fri, 2003-02-28 at 13:23, John Nall wrote: > I have seen documentation that claims that one can mount an NTFS file > system under Linux and read it. That is, "mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 > /mnt/windows" should work. It does not, however -- an error message is > given to the effect that the kernel does not support the ntfs file > system. (Yes, I tried NTFS also, just in case). > > The manpage for mount indicates that it is supported, and the > documentation that I saw earlier (a HOWTO) indicated that NTFS had been > supported since the 2.2 kernel. > > Anyone know the story??? The kernel-level ntfs support is considered unstable, and I believe that RedHat chose not to include it when they built their kernels. A recompile of the kernel, enabling NTFS read-only support, will fix the problem for you. -- Dave Sherman MCSE, MCSA, CCNA "If we wanted you to understand it, we wouldn't call it code." -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
