Is Red Hat 9 capable of reading ntfs filesystems, i so how do i do it?

And my battery monitor tells me that i have no battery... that is strange 'cause i am using a laptop...

Yes linux can read an ntfs system, it would require you to compile support for in the kernel, then you will be able to mount -t ntfs /path.to.ntfs.filesystem /dir.to.mount.to

Check if you are using apm or acpi, and make sure that this is all in the kernel too, it could be your using one when you have the other

Or get the RPM from:

http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/info/redhat.html

thnx, but how do I check if I have apm or acpi

I ran into the same problem. I have a laptop running nicely with no observable power left in my battery.

To check if you are running ACPI / APM goto System Settings -> More Settings -> Services. If you have the services installes, this is where you can enable/disable them. (Something like that)

I believe my laptop uses ACPI which is not installed on my system. I am currently in the process of looking for an install. An RPM would be quite handy. If you find one before I do; any chance of a link?

Good Luck!

Silverstormer
Linux RH9 (2.4.20-8)
Compaq Presario 2504

the way i did it instead of all the complicatedness was that i created a 200mb vfat partition to use as swap space between linux and windows. Using fedora core i can write and read the vfat partition