Acessing my ntfs drive


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I recently did a complete install of FC3 :D on my 36gb raptor, and i have a seperate drive ( ntfs partittion) which is a160gb(master on prim IDE channel :/ ) drive its has all my mp3's and wallpapers. :ninja: Is there anyway to access this software? :unsure:

*please note* That i ama complete noob, and this is the first time EVER using Linux ;)

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I pulled up the terminal and logged in as root and did a "cat /proc/filesystems"

I didnt see Ntfs in there so its safe to assume that i dont have an ntfs support? :unsure:

can i somehow enable that? so that i can get to listen a few of my songs on this other drive? :dontgetit:

Not sure about Fedora, but Mandrake auto mounts your other partitions for you.

I'm not sure if FC comes with ntfs support by default either.

I've actually downloaded and installed Fedora Core, but I didn't mess around with it too much.

I'm pretty sure someone here will know about ntfs support in Fedora Core.

I saw this in other post...

the most easiest way to access NTFS partition from linux is by editing FSTAB file /etc/fstab ( backup this file if u havent edited it before).

this is example line of a partition place and the directory to be mounted in

/dev/hda1                        /myntfs (make this directory in linux)       ntfs                defaults,ro               0,0  

I saw this in other post...

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i dont quite understand that (yet)

when i go to to hardware browser in applications> systems tools> hardware browser>Hard drives.

I can see my 160 giger (hda5 ntfs, hda1 extended :/ ), but how do i use this drive?

also i read on something about having to compile my kernel for ntfs support, do i need to do this? :unsure:

and if so HOW? :dontgetit:

I think what you are running into is Red Hat's decision to avoid possible litigation from Microsoft for including NTFS support (after all Red Hat is the Linux corporate market leader in North America, and want to avoid risks that coudl put them under).

Look in Neowin's FAQs and HOWTOs to find this thread:

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=202924

It should help. (Y)

You need to get the fedora 3 rpms for ntfs from here:

http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm/fedora3.html

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i did a "uname -r" and came up with :

2.6.9-1.649smp

do i have the right kernel? :unsure:

Edited by ripgut

Do an update of everything. Use the up2date tool, or do a yum update, or whatever it takes. This will make sure your kernel is current.

Then do a uname -a and let's see what you have.

Note that each time you update the kernel, you will need to re-add NTFS support (I believe). So, might as well update now. :yes:

Do an update of everything.  Use the up2date tool, or do a yum update, or whatever it takes.    This will make sure your kernel is current.

Then do a uname -a and let's see what you have.

Note that each time you update the kernel, you will need to re-add NTFS support (I believe).  So, might as well update now. :yes:

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did a "uname -a" and got this

Linux c66-235-36-231.sea2.cablespeed.com 2.6.9-1.649smp #1 SMP Fri Oct 29 00:55:56 EDT 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

:unsure:

i also did the up2date tool and im fully updated

Not sure why your kernel looks so old... :unsure:

the sourceforge page for ntfs has the following available:

2.6.9-1.681_FC3

2.6.9-1.678_FC3

2.6.9-1.667

and you are at

2.6.9-1.649 ??

Not sure what is going on, but you have to have a match to install, and your kernel revision number is lower than what they list for FC3. :huh:

Did you download fedora core 3 for multiprocessors? if so get:

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/linux-n...rr.3.3.i686.rpm

if you dont then get:

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/linux-n...rr.3.3.i686.rpm

To install the RPM, open the console and write rpm -ivh nameofRPM.rpm

Did you download fedora core 3 for multiprocessors? if so get:

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/linux-n...rr.3.3.i686.rpm

if you dont then get:

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/linux-n...rr.3.3.i686.rpm

To install the RPM, open the console and write rpm -ivh nameofRPM.rpm

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:dontgetit:

haha, just download the file from the first link and then open the console, terminal, whatever you wanna call it and write rpm -ivh nameOfTheRPMyouDownloaded.rpm

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did so, and got this

########################################### [100%]

package kernel-module-ntfs-2.6.9-1.681_FC3smp-2.1.20-0.rr.3.3 is already installed

create a new directory in /mnt for example: /mnt/win-c and then do in the console:

mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/win-c -t ntfs -r -o umask=0222

/dev/hda1 should be your windows partition but if you are not sure do:

/sbin/fdisk -l

and you will get something like:

   Disk /dev/hda: 64 heads, 63 sectors, 4465 cylinders
    Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 bytes

       Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
       /dev/hda1             1      2125   4283968+  07  NTFS/HPFS
       /dev/hda2          2126     19851  35735616   0f  Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
       /dev/hda5   *      2126      4209   4201312+  83  Linux
       /dev/hda6          4210      4465    516064+  82  Linux swap

Your windows partition is the NTFS one, if you have more than one you need to create another folder for each partition.

Did you download fedora core 3 for multiprocessors?

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I am wondering if using the SMP version is causing these sorts of headaches in finding the right packages... :unsure:
But SMP stands for Symetric Multi Processor - 2 processors not hyperthreading, somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

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well im just gonna go back to windows, and try to learn this on a seperate machine that i build in the future, I have NO CLUE WTF to do. thx for all your help guys. but i give up

But SMP stands for Symetric Multi Processor - 2 processors not hyperthreading, somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

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You're right, but with HT, it looks like 2 cpus since you'd access each logical cpu the same way as a real SMP system.

@ripgut. Don't give up. Why don't you try another distro like Slackware or Mandrake or some other. Once you get the hang of it, you might even find it better and easier (*gasp*) than windows. The key is to not give up. I think you choose the wrong distro. FC3 has no mp3 or ntfs support because of some random legal crap. A different distro will have that stuff ready, out of the box.

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