Anyone been able to mount a ntfs partition in RH8?

MrPolite · 11-03-2002, 02:35 PM

well I cant mount mine, it says it doesnt support ntfs.
I had this problem with RH7.3 before and they said I have to install a new kernel. Well I have updated my kernel with the up2date agent, so I dont know why it shouldnt work. Doesnt RH8 support mounting ntfs partitions?

acid_kewpie · 11-03-2002, 02:40 PM

no, ntfs is very experimental still and highly unadvised. you will need to compile the kernel yourself to make it work. search this site for more ntfs hell stories.

MrPolite · 11-03-2002, 02:50 PM

Well, ntfs is STILL not supported? eehm
Windows.NET will be out and that will have a totally new file system. So they will probably never support that one!

acid_kewpie · 11-03-2002, 02:53 PM

how do you expect them to be able to support a file system with no published specifications?

MrPolite · 11-03-2002, 03:18 PM

well yeah, you're right

michaelk · 11-03-2002, 04:30 PM

To add NTFS support to your RH 8 kernel:
http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/info/redhat.html

MrPolite · 11-03-2002, 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by michaelk
To add NTFS support to your RH 8 kernel:
http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/info/redhat.html

THANK YOU!
worked

I know all the other pople were trying to tell me something like this, but I dunno that much about linux, so this kinda tutorial was exactly what I needed

works well, thanks

pbharris · 11-03-2002, 10:41 PM

hello,
you can compile the kernel with ntfs support and mount it then - i have done this under redhat 8.0

MrPolite · 11-04-2002, 12:45 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by pbharris
hello,
you can compile the kernel with ntfs support and mount it then - i have done this under redhat 8.0

why do you think I thanked him? because I did the same and it worked, hehe