Linux NTFS file system support

would be nice if it worked compiled and installed the files unfortunately cannot find any docs anywhere on exactly how to mount and read an ntfs drive. Supposedly ntfs mount is included somewhere but not in the packages installed: just utilities like ntfscluster: now why would I care about cluster data when I cant read the ntfs file. Basically need to read an ntfs flashdrive to download my linux iso. Without that can't even install the OS.