Mounting NTFS drive in FC4

[shud]

"mount: unkown filesystem type 'ntfs' "

I've installed the RPM from this location: http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm/fedora4.html

I still get the above error when I set up my mount and do "mount -a". I don't understand why. Anyone with any experience with this?

 

[keeleysam]

My FC4 install automatically mounts my NTFS drives...

 

[shud]

Originally posted by: keeleysam
My FC4 install automatically mounts my NTFS drives...

Did you do a complete package install? When I installed, I didn't have the drives hooked up.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Did you load the module?

 

[nweaver]

try mount -t ntfs

and you would need to load the module, like Noc says

 

[shud]

I got it to work with the help of a friend of mine. I downloaded the i586 rpm (which is apparently for P3s and lower) and I'm on a Barton 2500+ which is apparently i686. He helped me erase the i586 rpm and install the i686.

He also ran /sbin/mountprobe ntfs, which he thinks will need to be run every time I boot (AKA I can't throw the mount line in FStab and have it work).

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: shud
I got it to work with the help of a friend of mine. I downloaded the i586 rpm (which is apparently for P3s and lower) and I'm on a Barton 2500+ which is apparently i686. He helped me erase the i586 rpm and install the i686.

This is stupid. p3s are i686 also, and i586 binaries work on i686 processors. :roll:

Just another reason not to use those waste of time optimizations.

He also ran /sbin/mountprobe ntfs, which he thinks will need to be run every time I boot (AKA I can't throw the mount line in FStab and have it work).

Put it in modules.conf.