mount the ntfs file system

jdevanand · 01-22-2002, 11:06 AM

Help me,

i tried to mount the NTFS file system ( c: drive and d: drive of Win XP) onto linux ..i get a nerror message saying kernel(ver 2.4.9-12) does not support NTFS ..tried to change /etc/fstab.... no use....

help me ..all my songs are there in d: drive ..cannot access them thru linux....

acid_kewpie · 01-22-2002, 11:11 AM

please search this forums before asking questions, this exact q was asked less than 2 hours ago.

Stephanie · 01-22-2002, 01:14 PM

Acid is right... try a search before you post, as it helps to alleviate duplicate questions and confusion.

But since you asked and this thread is already here, i will help.

NTFS is not fully supported in Linux yet. I believe that a read driver works fine, but the read/write driver is VERY experimental, and can and has caused file corruption on NT and like drives.

But if you still want to try it, then you need to compile a new kernel with NTFS file drivers loaded in.

DavidPhillips · 01-22-2002, 01:25 PM

some distros install support if ntfs or vfat is detected, Redhat does not.

No way to do it without kernel recompile.