Kernels compiled by MandrakeSoft have read-only NTFS support built in. If
you're satisfied with that, then you don't need to recompile. M$ have kept
their NTFS specs secret, so write support in GNU/Linux is a matter of
guesswork and clever reverse-engineering. At present, NTFS write support is
still highly experimental (there's a good chance it may ruin the data), and
it is left out of the default Mandrake kernel for this reason. If you still
want to risk it, you should be able to compile in write support in without
any external files. All you need is a Mandrake kernel-source package. I
highly doubt that you can just add a ntfs.o file and have it work properly,
if at all.
On Fri, 27 Jul 2001 00:21, Kevin Khaw wrote:
> Besides recompiling the kernel and adding ntfs support, can I just get
> ntfs.o, place in in one of the libraries and do and insmod... followed by a
> mount?
>
> if anybody has ntfs.o (I dont have my red hat cd with me) could you please
> also add it with your next mail. Dont flood the list, you personally email
> it to me with instructions. Thanks
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