At Sun, 12 Dec 2004 23:03:22 -0800, Benedek Frank wrote: > > On Sunday 12 December 2004 08:41 pm, Shreyas Ananthan wrote: > > "Shaikh Quader" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I am trying to mount an Windows XP ntfs partition under Debian Sarge > > > (kernel version 2.6.8-1-386) release. I couldn't find the ntfs driver > > > for debian at http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net. > > > > > > Does anyone know where I can find the ntfs driver for my system? > > > > If you just need to read from the NTFS partition, debian kernel does have a > > module for that. try > > > > modprobe ntfs > > > > and then mount the ntfs partition. > Or you can build your Kernel with the NTFS compiled in, and then you can just > mount ntfs easily > > mount -t ntfs /dev/hda3 /ntfs --> where hda3 is the NTFS partition, and > /ntfs > is the directory you want it to be mounted at. > > You can write to NTFS with newer kernels, but it is still in developement. > You > have to compile the kernel with support for writing to NTFS though. >
You can only change existing files without changing their size, you can't create new files or append to files, etc. Its mainly useful for holding a filesystem image on an ntfs partition. If you need to do proper writing to an ntfs partition the only current solution is the captive project http://www.jankratochvil.net/project/captive/ > Good luck > > Ben > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
