Can I access NTFS partitions from Linux?

[sMashPiranha]

I'm guessing that I can't, but best to check here first. I just installed XP to try it out and I think I might stick with it, but I foolishly set it up with NTFS as I wasn't thinking about putting Linux on at the time. So can I access my NTFS partition or should I just reformat to FAT32 and start from scratch?

 

[stirling]

linux has read-only support for ntfs, so you can access the files but not write them.
This is a function of the kernel, so if your distro doesn't have that enabled (and they often don't), try loading it as a module.
If that doesn't work, you have to recompile the kernel.

 

[jobberd]

if you do have support for it, then you'll have to mount it. make a directory like /windows or whatever, then type "mount -t ntfs /dev/hdax /windows" where x is the number your ntfs partition is on

 

[sMashPiranha]

Thanks guys, well it doesn't matter now anyway, I got fed up with all of XP's 'features' and went back to 98se. Now I just have to wait for my mate to bring back my RedHat discs.