I was wondering if I can mount my windows ntfs partition with linux; and if there is no way then is there a program that can read ntfs partitions using linux? any responce is appreciated.

Yeah, Linux has support for reading NTFS built into the kernel. Just type (IIRC)

mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt/mountpoint

where /dev/hda1 is the device node (first drive is hda, second is hdb, first partition on hda would be hda1, second hda2, etc) and /mnt/mountpoint is the folder where you want to mount the filesystem.

Your fstab file may already have an entry for it. To find out, type this.

grep /etc/fstab ntfs

It'll say what device it is, and it's mountpoint. If it's already there, it'll probably automatically be mounted on boot (if it says noauto, then it won't). Just CD to the directory of the mountpoint, if it's already mounted.

If it isn't mounted, then you can type mount (mountpoint) and you should be fine (eg: mount /mnt/ntfs-d is from mine)

If you still need help, feel free to ask.

*edit* also, you may need root permissions to mount the file system.

your kernel may not have ntfs support built in, and you may have to build a new kernel to do it..

His Avvy says he's running FC2, and I'm pretty sure it has NTFS support already compiled into the kernel.

hi there... I've got red-hat 9 and as I input the "mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt/mountpoint" code the system replies that mount: fs type ntfs not supported by the kernel....

so waht know... do i need to recompile the kernel...
is there any patch to solve this problem?...

i'm still new to linux.. but very eager to learn more and more and be independent from other non-open source Operative systems...

thank you

It appears RH9 doesn't have support built in for NTFS, and you'll have to recompile the kernel for it.

Do some googling for guides on recompiling the kernel for your distro, and if yah can't find one let me know. I've gotta go get ready for a performance

i've seen a precompiled ntfs module for redhat 9 somewhere. do a search on google.

thanks for the help. I did need to grab an rpm off the internet to mount it thou, from this site: http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm/fedora2.html
and I was wondering if (using this rpm) can I write to the partition with out screwing up the file system?
Thanks again
r^2

Not without something else, such as Captive. It requires a windows DLL, but supposedly it works pretty well. I'd be a little iffy about using it myself, but if it works, go for it.