fstab and mounting an ntfs filesystem
Mikkel L. Ellertson
mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Wed Nov 29 23:12:13 UTC 2006
Don Raikes wrote:
> I installed fc6 onto a pc that had windows xp installed on an ntfs filesystem.
>
> I wish to access some of the files from the ntfs filesystem from within linux.
>
> I added the line:
>
> /dev/sda1 /windows ntfs rw,auto,user 0 0
>
> to my /etc/fstab
>
> When I tried to mount /windows, I get an error saying unrecognized filesystem type ntfs.
>
> How should I specify this filesystem to be able to access it?
>
You will need to get the ntfs module for your kernel. It is not
included in the standard packages, but have to be downloaded from an
add-on repository.
Mikkel
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