How can i mount NTFS filesystem?
 

Hi all,
I would like to ask:

I am using IBM t23 notebook with C and D partition in windows and with two OS, Window XP and redhat 9.

I would like to ask how can i mount NTFS filesytem in Window XIP when i am under Linux OS?

I try to modify the /etc/fstab as follow but fails:

/dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 ntfs defaults 00

I don't know actually which disk should i mount as i don't know the disk name of my C and D drive in Window when mapping in linux..


Thanks

Best Regards,
Alice

To find out which partitions you have, run as rootthough I'm surprised that Redhat didn't autodetect your windows partitions, and set up /etc/fstab accordingly.

Cheers,

mj

Hi.

You need to enable NTFS support in the kernel. Once you do that you should be able to mount the partition with (as root) mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1

It needs to be enabled in the kernel though.

>Craig

This is strait from my /etc/fstab.
/dev/hda1 /mnt/winxp ntfs ro,umask=000,user 1 0

You have to bee root to write to the /etc/fstab. Also check your /mnt/hda1 permissions. Make sure you can enter the directory.

Dang, you guys where fast.

As a rough guess, it's quite likely to be /dev/hda2 on a laptop, as the manufacturers often seem to think that it's "useful" to put a small (e.g. 40 Mb) oem utility partition at the beginning.

Cheers,

mj

It seems that NTFS was not supported by my kernel,

Is that recompile the kernel is the only method i can use?



Thank you very much for help =D

i have idea on how to do it now...

Regards,

Alice

Hi again.

Yep that's correct. It does need to be compiled into the kernel. I compile it into the kernel for all my machines and it works great.

>Craig

You don't need to compile it into the kernel. It can be used as a module. Before trying to recompile, try (as root) "modprobe ntfs" and then try to mount your unit.

There is an RPM for NTFS access in RH/FC here.