[ale] NTFS support for Linux

cfowler cfowler at outpostsentinel.com
Thu May 30 10:15:09 EDT 2002


What I meant to say is that I would prefer to compile my own kernel than
to switch distros just to get a module or driver pre-installed on
installation.

Chris

On Thu, 2002-05-30 at 10:02, Geoffrey wrote:
> cfowler wrote:
> > Its not really a distro typu thing.  You may have to compile a kernel
> > module to get mount to work
> 
> Oh, but it is a distro thing, if one provides it with their stock 
> kernel, but another does not.  That being said, I'll have to retract my 
> previous statement which indicated that ntfs support comes with stock 
> Mandrake kernels, since I never run stock kernels, I can't say this is 
> for sure true...
> 
> I build module support for every FS known to Linux into my kernel. :) 
> You never know when you might need to mount a Mac filesystem...
> 
> > 
> > On Thu, 2002-05-30 at 09:08, Fulton Green wrote:
> > 
> >>Thanks for the correction. Just to double-check, it is "ntfs" that I use
> >>for filesystem type? Red Hat doesn't appear to support it. Any other
> >>distros support it?
> >>
> >>On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 07:53:32AM -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
> >>
> >>>Fulton Green wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Stock kernels do have
> >>>>experimental read-only support for NTFS. Also, XP Home allows FAT32-based
> >>>>installation (but doesn't have an IIS service option like XP Pro).
> >>>>
> >>>Actually, the read support for NTFS is pretty solid.  The experimental 
> >>>(as in, will probably trash your partition) is write support.
> >>>
> >>---
> >>This message has been sent through the ALE general discussion list.
> >>See http://www.ale.org/mailing-lists.shtml for more info. Problems should be 
> >>sent to listmaster at ale dot org.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net
> 
> I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
> to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?
> 
> 
> ---
> This message has been sent through the ALE general discussion list.
> See http://www.ale.org/mailing-lists.shtml for more info. Problems should be 
> sent to listmaster at ale dot org.
> 
> 
> 



---
This message has been sent through the ALE general discussion list.
See http://www.ale.org/mailing-lists.shtml for more info. Problems should be 
sent to listmaster at ale dot org.






More information about the Ale mailing list