[plug] Mounting NTFS partition

[Beau Kuiper]

Ops,

sorry for the last mixed up post (I meant to cancel it, not send it :-) )

Be VERY careful using the NTFS support in the linux kernel. Even in the
very latest kernels, it is istill heavyly broken and will probably mess it
iup if you don't mount it read-only (even then I won't garrentee that it
wont trash the partition)

Backup your NTFS partition (from windows) if you care about the data on
it.

Beau Kuiper
kuiperba at cs.curtin.edu.au



On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:

> > I am trying to find a way to mount my ntfs partition - I have been
> > searching through usenet, but everyone seems to be saying you have to
> > re-compile the kernel.
>
> Well, you haven't exactly hit a brick wall there.  Recompiling the
> kernel is really not that hard.  If you just want to compile the module
> you can "make menuconfig ; make modules ; make modules_install" and
> leave your existing kernel in place, but without any guarantee it will
> work (the kernel and the modules like to talk to each other).  On the
> other hand it is certainly possible to load NTFS support just with a
> module, and if you are REALLY stuck someone could email you the module.
>
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