spiky wrote: > On 27/02/12 20:43, Andrew Benton wrote: >> On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:58:53 +0000 >> spiky<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi >>> >>> I have stared another Blfs 7.0 build and I,m having trouble with NTFS >>> file system, I have built the 3.3 kernel marking all ntfs boxes. The >>> build for blfs doesn't have anything installed except ssl, ssh a few >>> graphics libraries. What do I need to add to be able to read ntfs, My >>> other blfs system reads ntfs but I have installed alot of other >>> software, so maybe it was something that I had already installed, my >>> other blfs uses 3.2 kernel FYI >> To be able to mount an ntfs partition read only requires compiling the >> kernel with ntfs support. I think you also need to compile in NLS, >> support for the locale that the filesystem is in. You don't need to >> install any other software, it's all about the kernel config. >> >> Andy > Hi > > Here is the config file > > # > # DOS/FAT/NT Filesystems > # > CONFIG_FAT_FS=y > CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y > CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y > CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE=437 > CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="iso8859-1" > CONFIG_NTFS_FS=y > CONFIG_NTFS_DEBUG=y > CONFIG_NTFS_RW=y > > So i,m not sure why the same usb drive wont mount on my new blfs but > will on other 1 > > Output of mount -v /dev/sdb > i will try ntfs > mount unkown filesystem type ntfs > > mount -v -t ntfs > just gives mount unkown filesystem type ntfs
Those mount commands are both incomplete. You need to do mount -t ntfs -o ro /dev/sdb1 /mnt assuming the ntfs partition is the 1st partition on the second drive. Change to mount point to what you need. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
