Hi,
I have a kernel version of 2.4.7 .
When I try ,
mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt/msdos
I get a message ntfs not supported, where as the manual on mount indicates that ntfs is supported / mountable.
Am I missing something.
Thanks I A,
Rohit
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rohit prasad wrote:
> mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt/msdos
seems fishy to mount an ntfs filesystem in
/mnt/msdos
:-)
> I get a message ntfs not supported, where as the manual on mount indicates that ntfs is supported / mountable.
NTFS needs to be supported by kernel to work.
do : "cat /proc/filesystems"
it should look like this, at least for the NTFS line :
~$ cat /proc/filesystems
nodev
rootfs
nodev
bdev
nodev
proc
nodev
sockfs
nodev
tmpfs
nodev
shm
nodev
pipefs
nodev
binfmt_misc
ext2
minix
msdos
vfat
iso9660
nodev
smbfs
ntfs
nodev
autofs
reiserfs
nodev
devpts
xfs
nodev
usbdevfs
If it doesn't, either you have to load the NTFS module :
"modprobe ntfs" should do the trick, or compile it directly
into your kernel, if you know how to do.
BTW write support for NTFS is dangerous, only works
(barely) for NT4 volumes, not W2K. You can read
from NTFS safely though.
Regards,
Fran?ois Cami
Hi Rohit,
> I have a kernel version of 2.4.7
Ah. Is that RedHat's 2.4.7?
> When I try ,
>
> mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt/msdos
>
> I get a message ntfs not supported, where as the manual on mount
> indicates that ntfs is supported / mountable.
As Francois says, check /proc/filesystems. If you don't find ntfs
there, you'll have to build a new kernel (not as scary as it sounds).
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html
covers ALL the details. If you have a RedHat system, then install the
kernel source and you'll find a .config that matches your system. You
just need to select NTFS support.
If you have any more questions or problems please go to our NTFS help
forum:
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=44085
Cheers,
FlatCap (Rich)
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