I am trying to access NTFS filesystem after booting from Redhat Linux 7.1( Kerner version 2.4.2 ).
I tried the following:
cd /usr/src/linux
make xconfig ( then go to 'fs' and pressed 'yes' for ntfs driver as to be included in the kernel )
make dep
make clean
make bzImage
make modules - But here I get some error regarding
modules under the 'net' directory. I can see the ntfs.o module built under fs/ntfs directory. But when I try to 'insmmod ntfs.o', it gives some error stating that it cannot determine for which version of kernel the ntfs.o has been built.

What is the necessary steps for accessing ntfs drive fromlinux?

Seems like your problem is getting the kernel to recompile successfully. Unfortunately, I don't have my notes with me, but if your post accurately reflects the steps taken, it appears that you're missing a "make modules_install" command somewhere....

Once you get NTFS support (read only) in the kernel, the module loads automagically when you mount the file system.

If you get that far, you create a directory under /mnt, perhaps /mnt/NT, then issue the command

mount -t ntfs /dev/hdxx /mnt/NT

where /dev/hdxx is the ntfs partition.

This is mostly for informational purposes but at
http://linux-ntfs.sf.net/ they are working on
bringing full support for ntfs under linux. It's
not quite mature yet but it offers some nice utils
I can't find anywhere else.

Utilites:
Ntfs-Fix - fixes bad things
mkntfs - format a partition w/ ntfs
ldm - logical disk mgr database info
dumplog - lets you see the journal of a ntfs

Hello,
Thanks for your reply. The problem is that 'make modules' step is not successful. So I cannot proceed to 'make modules_install' step. As I mentioned, in the 'make modules' step, I get an error message regarding some driver module under driver/net directory. Any idea for solving this deadlock is extremely welcome.

Soumen