[nflug] mounting ntfs

[Cyber Source]

anthonyriga wrote:

> How do I mount ntfs partiton in Fedora I try to do it on my external 
> drive that is formatted ntfs and I get  mount: unknown filesystem type 
> 'ntfs'. I loaded the kernel-module-ntfs too.  When I use Knoppix it 
> mounts it with icon on desktop and lets me read it no problem and 
> write to it.  Is there a reason Fedora is not doing this or am I 
> missing something? 
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Yahoo! Photos
> Got holiday prints? See all the ways 
> <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/holidayprints/*http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/photos/evt=38089/*http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph//print_splash> 
> to get quality prints in your hands ASAP.
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>_______________________________________________
>nflug mailing list
>nflug at nflug.org
>http://www.nflug.org/mailman/listinfo/nflug
>  
>
You need the exact kernel for the exact kernel-module-ntfs package, they 
are specifically distributed for each numbered kernel. Run yum as such, 
"yum install kernel-module-ntfs-$(uname -r)" , this will grab the 
package for your running kernel (neat little trick I picked up from 
working with MythTV. If you don't have the module package for your 
running kernel, it will grab it and then try mounting. If you already 
have that package, it will say nothing to do and then you can check 
other causes. If it comes back and says something like no arguement to 
package or something like that, then you don't have all the repos (or 
the necessary one) to get the package for your kernel. At that point, 
you could go to the sourceforge site and grab as Jason pointed out, but 
try the yum route first.
_______________________________________________
nflug mailing list
nflug at nflug.org
http://www.nflug.org/mailman/listinfo/nflug