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Guyz I installed CentOS 5 recently and found that when i tried to mount my NTFS partitions using mount command the error boundced back as unknows filesystem 'ntfs'. But it mounted with my Fedora 7.
From my Fedora 7 DVD i tried to install the ntfs-3g rpm but in vain... as usual "DEPENDENCIES" got me out right away...
Guyz I installed CentOS 5 recently and found that when i tried to mount my NTFS partitions using mount command the error boundced back as unknows filesystem 'ntfs'. But it mounted with my Fedora 7.
From my Fedora 7 DVD i tried to install the ntfs-3g rpm but in vain... as usual "DEPENDENCIES" got me out right away...
Pls advise.
try to install that package via yum. I'm not that well versed in yum being that I'm on the "apt" side of things, but IIRC, you can simply type "yum" at a prompt and an interface comes up with which you can search for the ntfs pacakge. If no interface comes up, there's a man-page for yum that will tell you how to search for and install packages.
Yum resolves dependencies for you (assuming they can be resolved with software in the yum repository).
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Yes, by RedHat/Fedora default, their kernel does not support NTFS. Not sure why they did this. Just install ntfs-3g, as mentioned. If yum doesn't have it, then it is very simple to compile from source and install.
I donot have an internet connection in my place. When i download from a cybercafe the rpms or whatever that is needed for installation, the problem is with "DEPENDENCIES". Can we not make this a little easier.
There was a project in sourceforge.net called OPYUM (read as opium) Offline Package management using YUM. After i had installed it i did not know how to make things work further.
If you have had any such expe pl share
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Originally Posted by BrianK
try to install that package via yum. I'm not that well versed in yum being that I'm on the "apt" side of things, but IIRC, you can simply type "yum" at a prompt and an interface comes up with which you can search for the ntfs pacakge. If no interface comes up, there's a man-page for yum that will tell you how to search for and install packages.
Yum resolves dependencies for you (assuming they can be resolved with software in the yum repository).
Since i donot have an internet connection i find the second option of yours as a better one. How do i COMPILE FROM SOURCE AND INSTALL.
Thanks
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Originally Posted by Micro420
Yes, by RedHat/Fedora default, their kernel does not support NTFS. Not sure why they did this. Just install ntfs-3g, as mentioned. If yum doesn't have it, then it is very simple to compile from source and install.
Since i donot have an internet connection i find the second option of yours as a better one. How do i COMPILE FROM SOURCE AND INSTALL.
Thanks
You ARE saying that you used yum to try to install it? If you haven't tried to install ntfs-3g with yum then do so, it will resolve all your dependencies. Are you sure you understand what a dependency is?
Since i donot have an internet connection i find the second option of yours as a better one. How do i COMPILE FROM SOURCE AND INSTALL.
Thanks
You ARE saying that you used yum to try to install it? If you haven't tried to install ntfs-3g with yum then do so, it will resolve all your dependencies. Are you sure you understand what a dependency is? Yum has ntfs-3g; as long as yum has something then there is no need to compile something from the source. If you have a problem with yum then post the error here.
Edit: oops, I guess I shouldn't have hit the stop button....
Last edited by The_Trooper; 02-06-2008 at 02:46 PM.
"From my Fedora 7 DVD i tried to install the ntfs-3g rpm but in vain".... Referring my first post.
Pls tell me as to how should i compile kernel for installing ntfs-3g. I've the RPM from Fedora DVD. I want to use it as i don't have an internet connection in my place.
Thanks Trooper
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Originally Posted by The_Trooper
You ARE saying that you used yum to try to install it? If you haven't tried to install ntfs-3g with yum then do so, it will resolve all your dependencies. Are you sure you understand what a dependency is? Yum has ntfs-3g; as long as yum has something then there is no need to compile something from the source. If you have a problem with yum then post the error here.
Edit: oops, I guess I shouldn't have hit the stop button....
"From my Fedora 7 DVD i tried to install the ntfs-3g rpm but in vain".... Referring my first post.
Pls tell me as to how should i compile kernel for installing ntfs-3g. I've the RPM from Fedora DVD. I want to use it as i don't have an internet connection in my place.
Thanks Trooper
Ahh, ok. If you compile from the source though, you may still have the same dependency issue. A dependency is something required to run a program i.e.
mplayer-plugins is dependent on mplayer (The plug-ins would be useless without mplayer itself)
You think it would be possible to make a disc with ntfs-3g and all of it's dependencies on the computer you are using here? If you want to try to compile from the source you can grab it from the CVS.
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