mount ntfs

hazem_hazem · 10-21-2006, 10:05 AM

hi

can someone advise please

I can't mount the windows partition (ntfs)
I use Fedora core 5
I made these steps

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uname -rm

I got this :

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2.6.15-1.2054_FC5smp i686

I then installed this file :
kernel-module-ntfs-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5-2.1.26-0.rr.10.0.i686.rpm

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rpm -Uvh kernel-module-ntfs-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5-2.1.26-0.rr.10.0.i686.rpm

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reboot

when I tried to mount using this command :

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mkdir /mnt/windows
mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows

I get this message :

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mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'

any help please
thanks ...

sn68 · 10-21-2006, 11:23 AM

You missed "smp"
You will have to download & install
kernel-module-ntfs-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5smp-2.1.26-0.rr.10.0.i686.rpm

b0uncer · 10-21-2006, 11:28 AM

Remember that ntfs module will let you mount the ntfs partition read-only. For write access (which is limited, i.e. won't work 100%) you will have to use something like Fuse or Captive (hopefully I rememered the names correctly). They don't provide you a completely working write (or delete) access, but do work partly (not all data get written, etc.) - and they don't work (at least easily) on 64-bit.

I wonder why ntfs module isn't in Fedora kernel by default, when ntfs partitions are quite common these days..

hazem_hazem · 10-22-2006, 06:43 PM

thanks a lot for help
it's ok now