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Hi, I'm new to Linux (though not new to computers) and am trying to mount all my drives. I have an NTFS partition on /dev/hda running Windows XP. I modified my /etc/fstab, but when I try to mount it I get an error message stating that type of partition is not supported by the kernel. Also my cdrom/cd-rw mounts just fine, but how do I get my DVD-Rom to mount ? Any hep is most appreciated. THANX
Couple of things to check. I'd start by looking at the kernel configuration file. If it's a distro installed kernel, then you should have a copy of it in /boot. It will be named something like config-ide-2.4.22, probably. Look for the "CONFIG_NTFS_FS" directive. It will be CONFIG_NTFS_FS=m if it was included as a module,CONFIG_NTFS_FS=y if it was compiled into the kernel, or "# CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set", if it wasn't included at all. If the last one is your case, then you'll need to recompile your kernel to include it. If it is included as a module, then typing "modprobe ntfs" as root at a bash prompt should load it and you can then mount the partition. If it was compiled in, then you should be to just mount it in fstab with something like this:
Quote:
/dev/hda1 /winxp ntfs umask=000,defaults 1 0
/winxp being wherever you want it mounted at. To mount it manually, you could use something like this:
mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /winxp
Also, make sure you have located the correct partition, you can use fdisk to ID it with this:
fdisk -l /dev/hda
That will show you the info about all paritions on /dev/hda
I mount CDs in my DVD-ROM drive same as above, just a different type:
mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /mnt/dvdrom
But you'll need to look at /var/log/syslog or /var/log/messages to find out where it is placing the drive. Not 100% certain about the type with an actual DVD, as I've yet to mount one. But "man mount" lists all supported types.
Hi folks,
I just want to say that I have solved my mounting problems. I now have all my devices mounted properly. While no single post solved all my problems, they all helped and I appreciate all the help and how quickly it arrived. I'm not completely sure what was the problem exactly, but I think it stemmed from my messing with /etc/lilo.conf and make menuconfig. I rebooted from my installation cd, didn't format any partitions or install anything new, but reconfigured my system and reformatted my boot/lilo floppy and installed a fresh lilo on it. Lo and behold everything works perfectly now(as far as mounted partitions,cdroms, and dvdroms go).
my entry for ntfs in etc/fstab reads as follows:
/dev/hda1 /mnt/win ntfs defaults,no auto 0 0
Thanx for all the help now to get my sound working.... i'll start a new thread for that :P
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