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NTFS on Linux
Name: Darth Evan Date: November 23, 2003 at 03:32:39 Pacific OS: Red Hat 8.0 CPU/Ram: 733 Mhz 384 MB
Comment:
I cant mount my NTFS partition. Why? Is NTFS not supported on this OS?
Name: peter4u Date: November 23, 2003 at 05:43:41 Pacific
Reply:
The little search option in the top right corner gives you at least 50 postings to that topic: NTFS -> Linux -> Search
Bottom line: The support is regarded as not mature enough to be used to read and write into NTFS file systems. Most kernels don't include it as a default for that reason.
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Response Number 2
Name: taurus Date: November 23, 2003 at 06:02:43 Pacific
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Is that a whining that I hear about the NTFS thing??? RedHat Linux doesn't support NTFS out of a box so you need to download and install a module for it. Here is a site where you can download a copy of module for your kernel, linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net. Just follow the instruction on that site on how to do it...
taurus
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Response Number 3
Name: Hmmm Date: November 23, 2003 at 10:07:39 Pacific
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And it's understandable why NTFS support is patchy in linux-the specs change!!!
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