On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:59:30 +0000 spiky <[email protected]> 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 CONFIG_NTFS_RW is very dodgy. As Nathan said, if you need to mount ntfs read/write use ntfs-3g (a userspace program that uses FUSE). You should avoid CONFIG_NTFS_RW, it's not safe. Andy -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
