mount ntfs volume in fedora ?

[RedHat123]

i just tried
mount /dev/hdg1 -t ntfs /usr/local/data

and the result was
mount: fs type ntfs not supported by kernel


am i out of luck or do i need to download a patch and re-compile the kernel ?

[RedHat123]

a little searching on my part, found this
http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm/instructions.html


anyone else tried adding ntfs support to fedora...work ok ?

[endoalpha]

a little searching on this very forum yields
http://www.justlinux.com/forum/search.php?s=&action=showresults&searchid=983177&sortby=lastpost&sortorder=descending

I have only come across 1 or 2 problems I have had that was NOT covered already in these forums.

[RedHat123]

yes, your right...there are alot of good info here about mounting ntfs volumes

i just followed through here
http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm/instructions.html

and i just mounted my other drive

Hooray ! Things are finally starting to go well
:D