FC3 and NTFS
Loren Lockwood
lockwoodlo at cantv.net
Mon Jan 31 20:16:12 UTC 2005
Den Couf wrote:
> --- Loren Lockwood <lockwoodlo at cantv.net> wrote:
>
>
>>Hi all. I'm very new at Linux. Have tried a couple
>>of distros and like
>>FC3 best so far. Some problems exist, though. I
>>have dual boot with
>>Win2K using NTFS. FC3 can't see that partition.
>>Bumming around on the
>>net I found out that seeing NTFS is an option which
>>is turned off by
>>default in the kernel of this distro. To turn it
>>on, they say I have to
>>recompile the kernel. That seems scary to me, but I
>>found a site with
>>very extensive instructions and decided to try it.
>>But first I need the
>>kernel source code. Where do I find that? I poked
>>around in Red Hat's
>>site, also Fedora's, but didn't find anything.
>>
>>Also, does this mean that every time a new kernel is
>>issued I'll have to
>>go through the same procedure? Isn't there some way
>>to get this option
>>turned on by default?
>>
>>Your help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>BTW, I have read through a couple hundred emails
>>from this list and not
>>found any other references to this problem. Can it
>>be that nobody else
>>needs NTFS access from FC3? Is that why it's turned
>>off by default? I
>>still need W2K for certain jobs, although I hope
>>that the number of such
>>jobs will approach zero as time goes by.
>>
>>Thanks. -Loren
>>
>>--
>>
>>
>
>Hey Loren,
>i had the same problem here, but be sure, you don't
>have to recompile your kernel.
>Just browse to
>http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm/index.html and
>follow the instructions. The only thing you have to
>know is whenever you update your kernel, you have to
>reinstall the right kernelmodules from the above site
>(its not a standard in fedora-kernels, a pitty).
>
>
Thanks to all who offered help. I think I ran across that URL
previously but since it is not "official" Linux I was doubtful. Now,
hearing it from the people on this list, I'm convinced. I'll get right
to it.
Thanks again. -Loren
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