On 26-Dec-2000 Harry Putnam opined:
>
> I finally broke down and got my wife a separate computer. She wants
> nothing to do with linux. Now we have a `his' and `hers' setup.
>
> No more reboots for my machine.....
>
> This new machine is running windows 2000 the NT version.
>
> I wanted to put a small linux installation on it, for my own use when
> necessary, so installed 7.0 on a third drive.
>
> Not knowing much about windows:
> I hadn't realized that win2000 NT runs a different filesystem, not
> vfat.
> Also doesn't seem to have a handy way to get the underlying dos OS.
> Doesn't have an `fdisk' either.
>
> I was even more suprised to find that the 2.2.16-22 kernel with 7.0
> doesn't grok the win2000 filesytem and can't mount it. Linux fdisk
> reports it as:
> ID system
> 7 HPFS/NTFS
>
> Attempts to mount it tell me the kernel doesn't support it.
>
> Checking the `documentation' with kernel source package:
>
> /usr/src/linux/Documentation/filesystems/
> There is documentation for both:
> hpfs.txt ntfs.txt
>
> HPFS is apparently for OS/2, and the `ntfs' option returns:
> mount -tntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt/dos2000
> mount: fs type ntfs not supported by kernel
>
> However the documentation file sighted above talks as if it should be
> able to mount this filesystem. At least readonly, and doesn't mention
> a need to recompile the kernel.
>
> Anyone here know if this is the correct `type' and if the kernel
> should support it by default?
'Doze-2K can do vfat or ntfs. It's selectable during install. It seems
you chose the latter.
The kernel supports ntfs but, doesn't usually support it stock (I don't
think so, anyway). You can recompile and add it as a builtin or a module.
Or, you can reinstall 'Doze and choose vfat.
I haven't personally used it. But, a friend bought and installed it and
says he was told by M$ that he should choose vfat unless he's on a 'Doze
network because of various options and services he wouldn't otherwise
need.
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