Smitjel Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 Distro: Fedora Core 1 Kernel: 2.4.22-1.2174.nptl I would like to be able to read my windows ntfs partition and I was about to download the rpm from linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net and I was just curious if anyone's done this before and could lend some suggestions/opinions about the process. Will I have to compile the kernel or anything drastic like that? Thanks for any help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaKeY Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 Just do exactly as the instructions say and it'll work fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjordan2001 Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 Will I have to compile the kernel or anything drastic like that? You shouldn't need to, but you can since there's NTFS support in the kernel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neowin_hipster Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 If you want write support as well google captive-ntfs. Its slower to read than the native kernel drivers/linux-ntfs but it has safe writing. It will work fine. I've tried those rpms on several different redhat's / fedora's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitjel Posted March 30, 2004 Author Share Posted March 30, 2004 Yeah, that was easy enough. I just want to be able to read from my windows partition as writing to it isn't worth the risk I guess. Appreciate the suggestions people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neowin_hipster Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 Just a side note, Captive-ntfs uses the windows drivers. Me, nor anyone else i know, have ever heard of any problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy_kevin Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 I'm using the one that sttrooper recommended. It's working fine, and if I want to write on it i'll boot back into windows :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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