i will do that, if ntfs-linux project doesn't release it before i get that far... but now i have another question... so the code to make the module is distributed, but not a precompiled module? i know this might not have anything to do with red hat 9, but i don't understand the difference. On Thursday 03 April 2003 11:42, Justin Georgeson filled my inbox with: > As others have pointed out, the NTFS read-only module won't be included > until the legal status of the driver changes. That said, > > up2date -f kernel-source > make menuconfig > load the right file form /usr/src/linux-2.4/configs/ > enable the read-only module > save & exit > edit Makefile to remove the "custom" from the version string > make dep && make clean > make _mod_fs (I can't find a smaller target than this) > mkdir /lib/modules/<version>/kernel/fs/ntfs/ > cp /usr/src/linux-2.4/fs/ntfs/ntfs.o \ > /lib/modules/<version>/kernel/fs/ntfs > depmod -a > mount -t ntfs /dev/<partition> <mount_point> > > m jones wrote: > > hello all, > > > > has anyone with an NTFS partition on their machine had any problems with > > shrike? is NTFS support in the stock RH kernel? i simply would like to > > continue to have read-only access to the win2k partition after i upgrade. > > > > thank you for your time. -- michael jones * erleichda archiving * usa