Cooper and Neil, Thank you so much! I have one more question. If I have no source code for my current installed kernel. Is it safe to comile and install the modules from the same version kernel?
My kernel came with redhat enterprise WS, and for some reason, I just could not get the source code. And I'd like to just use the 2.4.18 kernel source from kernel.org. On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 02:34:53PM -0500, Jason Cooper wrote: > myang ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) scribbled: > > My kernel was compiled without NTFS filesystem support. > > Now I have a harddrive formated as NTFS, and I'd like to > > read it under linux. > > > > I don't want to recompile the whole kernel. > > > > What should I do? Can I compile the NTFS support as a single > > module and load it in? How? > > You may want to back up your module tree just to be safe: > > tar -cjvf ~/modules.tar.bz2 /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ > > Then, in the source tree you used for the currently running kernel, > make sure you still have the .config (/usr/src/linux/.config), and run > > make menuconfig > > Enable NTFS read support as a module (make sure your other > modules are still there), exit and save the config. As long as nothing > changed in the kernel, run > > make modules_install > > NOTE: this will replace everything in your module tree for this kernel! > Make sure the only change from last compile is adding the NTFS read > module! > > After it's done, > > depmod -ae && modprobe ntfs > > and you should be good to go. > > HTH, > > Cooper. > > -- > [email protected] mailing list > -- Life sucks, but we can change it.
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