How to access NTFS/FAT drives from Fedora Core 2

lapierrem · 06-16-2004, 07:37 AM

Just wondering how to access my windows partitions from fedora core 2 in KDE/GNOME. On my box with mandrake, it did this automatically, and I am able to get all the drives, so just wanted to be able to on fedora for ease of file transfers

iluvatar · 06-16-2004, 09:41 AM

you must make a directory for mount point (or use any existing dir) and use command

mount /dev/hd<xx> /path/to/mountpoint

where <xx> is the partition you want (like /dev/hda1 or /dev/hdb2)

greetz,
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marghorp · 06-16-2004, 09:50 AM

as the above user said. Make a directory. Use a terminal, or the GUI.

In terminal: mkdir /ntfs (or whatever name you want and wherever you want it)

mount -t ntfs /dev/hda2 /ntfs

Where /dev/hda2 is the partition ntfs is on and /ntfs is the mount directory you want your ntfs partition mounted at.

For automounting, just add a line into /etc/fstab

An example for above would be:

/dev/hda2 /ntfs ntfs ro 0 0

This should work. If it doesn't, just post the errors.

Peace!

Good luck!

Vlad-A · 06-16-2004, 09:51 AM

Unlike Mandrake, NTFS support is not enabled by default in Fedora Core 2. So it might be necessary
to recompile th ekernel. You may check also:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ht=NTFS+Fedora

marghorp · 06-16-2004, 09:54 AM

Oh, sorry about that. You can check this address too: http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm/

Check the instructions on that page, and they will explain how and what to do.

Peace!

Good luck!