hi,
* Geoffrey Lane ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> How do I add NTFS support to redhat 7.3?
As the redhat 7.3 stock kernel does not include ntfs filesystem
support. we can recompile our existing kernel to support NTFS files
system.
prerequisites for compiling and building a kernel:
we have to have the kernel source to match the new kernel
shell> rpm -qa | grep kernel
kernel-2.4.18-10
kernel-source-2.4.18-10
steps:
* Install the latest kernel-source rpm
* cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-10/
* make mrproper
* cp configs/kernel-2.4.18-{$your_arch}.config .config
* make menuconfig
... select "enable ntfs support from filesystem menu"... (as modules)
* make dep; make bzImage; make modules; make modules_install
* cp -a /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-10/arch/i386/boot/bzImage \
/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-10custom
* cp /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-10/vmlinux /boot/vmlinux-2.4.18-10custom
* cp /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-10/.config /boot/config-2.4.18-10custom
* cp /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-10/System.map /boot/System.map-2.4.18-10custom
* /sbin/new-kernel-pkg --mkinitrd --depmod --install 2.4.18-10custom
* create kernel entry in the grub menu (bootloader) inaddition to your
default kernel.
ex:
edit /etc/grub.conf file and include the following lines
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-10custom)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-10custom ro root=/dev/hda1
initrd /initrd-2.4.18-10custom.img
* boot into the custom kernel. and do a modprobe for ntfs
* modprobe ntfs
* lsmod (will show u the ntfs listing)
* now u can mount the ntfs file using mount command as
ex: mount -t ntfs /dev/{windows_partition} /mnt/win2k
-cheers-
rk
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