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From: Richard R. <nt...@fl...> - 2003-03-13 00:14:26
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Hi Neil, Sorry for the (very) slow reply, I hadn't forgotten you. > I'm running Redhat version 8.0 (Psyche) If you're still running RedHat's original kernel, then you can simply download an rpm from our site and install that. No compiling, no reboot no fuss. http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/info/redhat.html > When I enable ntfs support through the Linux Kernel Configuration ... > I get the message that the ntfs file system is not supported by the kernel Of course if you want to compile your own kernel (which is much more satisfying :-) > Maybe I missed something, I'm fairly new to Linux. Probably, let me go through the steps: Configure use "make config" or similar to enable ntfs if you are using the redhat source, you might also want to disable lots of stuff you aren't using. Build "make clean dep bzImage modules" clean : get rid of all the previous build products dep : sort out the file dependencies bzImage : the Big Compressed (z) kernel Image modules : compile the modules Install You have to install the modules as root: "make modules_install" Then you need to install the kernel. The only file you actually need is "arch/i386/boot/bzImage". Copy it to /boot and give it a memorable name. You probably want to copy "System.map" and ".config" (and give then sensible names). Next edit /boot/grub/grub.conf (or /etc/lilo.conf if you use lilo) It's fairly obvious what you need to copy and paste. If you use lilo then rerun it now. Reboot Mount If you want you can run "modprobe ntfs" now and then "lsmod" to see the module. (you might need to specify /sbin/modprobe or lsmod). Then mount something, e.g. mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows -t ntfs -r -o umask=0222 There are examples of mount options and other useful stuff in the NTFS FAQ: http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/info/ntfs.html Hope this helps, FlatCap (Rich) nt...@fl... WWW: http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net IRC: #ntfs on irc.freenode.net |
