mount ntfs question

[spetniz]

I partitioned my harddrive into 3 parts. Partition 1 holds win2k (NTFS), partition 2 has my mp3s (NTFS), and the third partition is my Linux partition. I figured out how to mount a cd-rom or a floppy, but I cant seem to figure out how to mount the second NTFS partition which holds my mp3's so i can listen to them with xmms. I cant even figure out how to see what partitions I have installed. Is there a way to do this or am I being dumb? Thanks very much for your help.

[scanez]

check /etc/fstab for partitions. Mount with

mount -t ntfs /ntfs_partition /mount_point

i.e. if /dev/hda3 is ntfs and you want to mount in /mnt/ntfs

mount -t ntfs /dev/hda3 /mnt/ntfs

You will need ntfs support in the kernel or as a module...which distro are you using? Most never ones should have that in by default.

[Harvey]

Amazing, I'm having the same problem, at the exact same time this was posted. Weird.

I'm running RedHat 7.1 I believe, dual booting win2k. Here is what I'm getting.

[root@d-18-96 mnt]# mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows
mount: fs type ntfs not supported by kernel

Okay, how do I get this support in my kernel then? I assume it'll involve a recompile? Actually, I've never done that before... hrm....


:o :o

[mdwatts]

Apparently Redhat does not include ntfs support by default so you may need to recompile the kernel unless a make modules and make modules_install will do.

Best to see if RH has docs on this as they must get asked this question quite often.

[spetniz]

cool! mandrake includes NTFS support. I was only able to mount it when I logged on as ROOT. Can I extend the privelage to other users, so when I am "joe" or whatever I can still listen to the mp3s? Probably permissions or something. Well, thanks again