[KLUG Members] Is NTFS not supported?

Bruce Smith members@kalamazoolinux.org
Sat, 04 Aug 2001 22:59:19 -0400


> I just upgraded winME (fat32) to Win2k (ntfs)... well, my problem is that
> when i try to mount my windows partition, it says that NTFS is not a
> supported file system.  Is this true, or do i have to upgrade something?
> When i look at the man page for "mount" it says ntfs is supported.. Hmm...

The kernel has READ-ONLY support for NTFS, but I don't think it's part
of Redhat's stock kernel.  (the last time I looked anyway)

You'll probably have to compile a custom kernel to get read only access.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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