I found that http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net has prebuilt ntfs modules for RH8,
you might be able to use those.
Tim
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Nick Lindsell wrote:
> At 09:22 11/12/2002 -0600, you wrote:
> >On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 09:15, Nick Lindsell wrote:
> > > At 08:33 11/12/2002 -0600, you wrote:
> > > >I must have contracted a virus 'cause I can no longer boot into Windows
> > > >XP. Ugh. Thankfully most of my important files are on a separate ext3
> > > >formated disk. However there are still a few things I'd like to
> > > >retrieve from that are on my Win XP disk which is formated with NTFS. I
> > > >have the latest Red Hat kernel and I'm running RH 8. How do I go about
> > > >mounting and accessing this partition? I understand that I couldn't
> > > >write to it, I think, but all I need is to read n copy some files and
> > > >directories before I re-format and re-install.
> > > >
> > > >Thnx,
> > > >~Christopher
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > mount -t ntfs /dev/hdaX /mnt
> > > should be close....
> > >
> > > If you're not sure which is the ntfs partion, "fdisk /dev/hda" will
> > show you.
> > >
> > >
> > > hih
> > > nick@nexnix
> > >
> >
> >mount: fs type ntfs not supported by kernel
> >
> >was the error I got. Is there a module I load to fix this or must I
> >recompile the kernel? If there is a module I need to load - which and
> >how?
>
> OK - standard kernels don't have the ntfs module built.
> You'll need to install the kernel source tree with rpm.
> I'm on Redhat 8 so these instructions may vary slightly if you are on
> and earlier version:-
>
> "cd /usr/src/linux-2.4" # this is a symlink to the
> source tree.
> edit the Makefile and make sure that VERSION, PATCHLEVEL,SUBLEVEL
> and EXTRAVERSION match the current running kernel ("uname -r")
> Then "make menuconfig" and go down to File Systems. In there you'll
> find "NTFS file system support" - make it a module and exit menuconfig, saving
> the setup.
> "make modules && make modules_install" will build and install the ntfs module.
> Then you can "modprobe ntfs" - if that loads you should be able to mount
> your ntfs partion read-only.
>
> hih
> nick@nexnix
>
> >Thnx,
> >~Christopher
> >
> >
> >
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