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Want to mount my Windows NTFS disks from within my Red Had with 2.6.18 kernel. The "man" pages tell me to use "-t ntfs" for mounting NTFS drives, and he replies with:
mount: unknown filesystem type ntfs
And the manpage DO list "ntfs" as valid type. Is it because I need to install a package ? Why does the manpage list optional software settings, as opposed to things really included ?
I know about this problem on OpenSuSE Linux.
Here you have to install ntfs-3g to solve that problem.Take a look at http://www.ntfs-3g.org.
When installed ntfs-3g, the syntax for mounting ntfs drives is:
mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows
or in /etc/fstag
/dev/sda1 /mnt/windows ntfs-3g defaults 0 0
Paul
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It's funny how by means of coincedence we end up on the same place. I downloaded exactly that driver, but I have problems installing. My freshling installed Linux misses cc-compilers and all ...
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So simply install the compiler from your install disk and try again.
It's the same problem in Suse Linux.
The gcc or cc compiler and the libraries are not installed by default.
Maybe you also have to install the Kernel sources.Check it out.
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That makes much more sense indeed ... I have to install a lot of packages anyway (gcc and make and such), for other software. Most packages are on the installation disk, he just doesn't install them.
But a GCC is pretty basic, no ? Why doesn't "Linux" install this one by default ?
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Because of most users that are using Linux distributions, are beginners.
They are not able to install packages from the source code.
So why waste diskspace for things, most users never need.Users with more knowledge do know, that some additional packages have to be installed, just like gcc, kernel source or whatever.
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I understand, but from a beginner's viewpoint, they may think : nice, I've installed this OS, and can't do jack. In one way it is good : stupid Windows users will never like Linux. I'm OK with that.
Anyway; now facing "FATAL: Module fuse not found."
This should be easy ;)
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[root@GLinux ~]# mkdir /mnt/diska
[root@GLinux ~]# mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/diska
FATAL: Module fuse not found.
ntfs-3g-mount: fuse device is missing, try 'modprobe fuse' as root
[root@GLinux ~]# modprobe fuse
FATAL: Module fuse not found.
[root@GLinux ~]#
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In OpenSuSE you can simply install fuse from the installation cd.
Don't know whether it is the same in Red Hat.
Otherwise, search at http://www.rpmseek.com for fuse.
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Have you tried to check, whether you can enable fuse in kernel configuration (make menuconfig)?
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I guess you got a message like "Install recurses and try again" or something like that.
You indeed have to install ncurses from your install cd.
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FUSE for Red Hat
http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/...-> I found that site as well, and I actually got my RPM's from that very site:
fuse 2.7.3
fuse-ntfs-3g 1.2310
fuse-ntfs-3g-devel 1.2310I guess these are the highest versions, the order in which the RPM's are listed, are quite chaotic
But that leaves me, as stated above, with the same error. The installation went OK though
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I guess you got a message like "Install recurses and try again" or something like that.
You indeed have to install ncurses from your install cd.-> I've done some research, and the issue looks to be like this:
For some reason, Red Hat is the only ditro that does not like NTFS, and they removed it from the kernel. So, everybody has got it (if you have the correct kernel version), apart from Red Hat users.
This would explain why the manpages list an option that is not available. (Work to do for Red Hat : do not only mess up the kernel, but also the man pages).
Well, we need to give some cerdit to Red Hat, it may all be wrong here ...
Please show me some reference to "ncurses". I can install thousands of RPM's, but I doubt that will solve anything.
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I didn't use Red Hat.
I tried it and went back to OpenSuSE.
The only thing I can say is, that in OpenSuSE, you can install ncurses directly from the installation cd.
All in all I can say, it was just easy to let OpenSuSE support NTFS.However, you're using RedHat !
Have you also already read this website?
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DO...
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Thanks for the info
Well, at least they're honest. I didn't find that page, but I did pass by linux-ntfs.org already
I'll have another go with the ntfs-kernel RPM
It's a funny message though, by Red Hat
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I already had kernel-module-ntfs-2.6.18-92.1.22.el5-2.1.27-0.rr.10.11
But still, mounting does not work:
FATAL: Module fuse not found.
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If you want to just read and not write to the ntfs then re-read mount command.
I find it almost for sure the kernel supports it.
Try
$ cat /proc/filesystems
Look for ntfs.
If not you either need to add in ntfs or go the read/write ntfs3g way.
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