Hi Nalin,

You don't have to edit files to read ntfs. Just mount the partition ( 
look at dan's reply ).
If you want to mount the partition when you boot the machine, edit the 
/etc/fstab file.


Nalin Perera wrote:

>Hi,
>
>What's the file that we have to edit to enable this option?
>
>/Nalin
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dan Irwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 12:13 PM
>Subject: RE: Can we mount a NTFS partition for Linux?
>
>
>>Redhat do not supply an ntfs module with their kernel - linux ntfs code is
>>too experimental.
>>
>>However, linux can read ntfs partitions no worries. If your game enough to
>>try kernel 2.5.2, it has newer NTFS support which supposidly can write
>>aswell. I havnt tested this.
>>
>>You will need to compile a kernel yourself, with the NTFS option selected
>>from the "File system options" menu in make xconfig. When this kernel is
>>
>up
>
>>and running, it should only be a matter of:
>>
>>  # mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/nt -t ntfs -o ro
>>
>>Or perhaps even just:
>>
>>  # mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/nt
>>
>>
>>
>>Dan.
>>
>
>
>
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sanjeewa.

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