Mounting NTFS partition

[XBoxLPU]

I have installed Linux Red Hat 7.2. And I have a 33gb partition on HDA that I would like to mount under Linux. Doing a command, it shows that my kernel doesn't support NTFS though.

I have Downloaded this patch but i have no clue on how patch my currernt kernel or anything.

pls don't hurt me I am a Linux n00b!

Also, i have searched here and still haven't found exact clear answers on how to solve my problem.

Thanks!

 

[n0cmonkey]

You shouldnt need a patch (didnt look at the patch you linked), you just need to add NTFS support to your kernel. There should be a module for it.

 

[XBoxLPU]

This ?

Out of all that there what do I do ?

 

[manly]

What command did you run that told you your kernel doesn't handle NTFS?

 

[XBoxLPU]

cat /proc/filesystems

also have tried : mount /dev/hda5 /mnt/files -t ntfs -r and it says " Kernel doesn't support NTFS mount"

 

[Nothinman]

type 'modprobe ntfs', if that fails then you have no other choice than to compile a new kernel and include NTFS support.

 

[XBoxLPU]

k, just booted back into Linux and did that

"Can't locat the module "

So it looks like a patch or compile a new kernel .. ? which i have no clue on how to do either

 

[Nothinman]

Either way you have to compile something, so you might as well learn how to compile a whole new kernel. It's not really that hard. Read the docs at Linuxdoc.org and search or post if you have any questions.

 

[Derango]

Just a warning: DO NOT EVER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, ENABLE NTFS WRITE SUPPORT!!! It will mess up your NTFS partition. Read only support is ok. Write support is somthing you don't want to mess with right now.

Its very buggy, and creates many filesystem errors.

 

[arynn]

XBoxLPU,

Did you figure out how to mount your NTFS drive in Linux?

I would like to mount mine as well but do not want to compile a new kernel at this time. (If I understand it correctly, I would have to reinstall Linux again.)

 

[Derango]

Originally posted by: arynn
XBoxLPU,

Did you figure out how to mount your NTFS drive in Linux?

I would like to mount mine as well but do not want to compile a new kernel at this time. (If I understand it correctly, I would have to reinstall Linux again.)

Nope, you can recompile the kernel without reinstalling linux. Try running a google search for how to compile a kernel, there's plenty of info out there, and I can't type it out now since I'm at work.