Kernel compiling problem
 

Just made my first attempt at compiling ( 2.4.20 ) and had a small problem

Although I had enabled ntfs reading in file systems options I lost the ability to read ntfs. The bootup error said module ntfs.o could not be found, but I actually had it built in and not as a mod. So I rebuilt with it as a mod and had same thing.
If I try to mount a drive it says cannot read ntfs file system.

Anyone else had this problem? Bit of a pain since I shaved ~200k of the kernel and had to go back to bare.i :cry:

:scratch:

Edit your /etc/rc.d/rc.modiles and remove the line that says:
/sbin/modprobe ntfs

Then you won't get that error anymore... Since it's built in you should be able to read no problem...

If you built it as a module, are you loading the module before trying to mount your NTFS drive?

Thx both

Didnt know about editing the rc.modules, but I'll try that. If a module is listed there but is actually built in to the kernel, does it make the kernel think that it isnt and give some troubles?

When I rebuilt again with it as a module I had that auto module loading option on so I was sort of assuming I wouldnt have to load it manually (Im guessing it was the auto loader giving the error at boot). Maybe the path was wrong but I'll have another try

Cheers