[nflug] mounting ntfs (Thanks)

[Robert Meyer]

There are some questions of legality with regards to NTFS.  Most notably
writing.  It seems that as far as I recall (someone correct me if I'm wrong)
but there were some patent issues with regards to the filesystem.

I think this is the same reason that RedHat doesn't include mpg123 in their
distributions, although you can find it online.

Cheers!

Bob

--- anthonyriga <torrodimerda at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Thanks again for the help! I had other kernel-mods that must of conflicted
> after rpm -e reinstalled the livna repo it works.  My question is why with
> Fedora being the bleeding edge Distro for Redhat they dont include the
> module?  I read that mandriva debian suse include it why not Fedora. I have
> been testing ubuntu and might eventually  make the  switch.  
> 
> Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> wrote: anthonyriga wrote:
> 
> > I installed the kernel-module rpm but still cant mount the ntfs. When 
> > I do fdisk -l it shows its there as /dev/sda1 so I know that works. I 
> > did do a modprobe ntfs and getting error:  FATAL: Error inserting ntfs 
> > (/lib/modules/2.6.14-1.1656_FC4/kernel/fs/ntfs/ntfs.ko): Invalid 
> > module format
> >
> > This module is the exact same one as my kernel version when I do uname 
> > -r.  maybe I need to compile it in the kernel.  Is ther any good 
> > instructions to do it. I havnet done any kernel compiles in a long time..
> >
> >
> > */Cyber Source 
> /* wrote:
> >
> >     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 i t
> >     > 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?
> >     >
> >     >
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> >     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.
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> Incidentally, that rpm is available at the livna repo, here is an 
> excerpt from a "yum list"
> kernel-module-ntfs-2.6.14-1.1656_FC4.i68 2.1.22-0.lvn.3.4       livna
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