Although not a helpful suggestion, I believe that the new NTFS is only available in Kernel 2.5.2(something) and later. I don't believe it was ever put in to a 2.4 kernel.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Washer Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 6:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [RLUG] patching 2.4.25 post the patch. On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 00:49:50 -0800 (PST) Fred Ramsing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I was wondering if I could get some help with patching/compiling my > kernel with support for ntfs ldm (Logical Disk Management). > > I'm running RHL9.0 on a dual-processor P-III with two SCSI disks, and > dual-booting with Win2K. I have a logical ntfs volume (my D: drive) > *spanning* two partitions, one on each disk - /dev/sda5 and /dev/sdb8 > - and I want to read it (only) from Linux. > > According to linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net, the latest drivers for ntfs > and ldm are incorporated into both the 2.4.20+ and 2.6.x kernel source. > However, when I compile the 2.4.25 source, and boot the new kernel, > > dmesg | grep -i ntfs > > shows that I'm running the 1.1.22 version of ntfs. Although I can > mount /dev/sda1, which is single, separate volume, I cannot mount the > spanned volume, because this version of the ntfs driver doesn't support ldm. > > > So, I downloaded and compiled the 2.6.3 kernel. It contains the new > ntfs driver (v.2.1.something) and works great with the spanned volume; > I can read and copy. However, RHL9.0 doesn't work well with the 2.6.3 kernel. > For starters, it doesn't install all the modules because the version > of module-init-tools is old (?) and the rc.sysint script needs to be patched. > There are also "unresolved symbols" when compiling the modules. > Hence, I can read the D: drive, but neither my sound card or firewall > works - and I really need my sound card! > 8-\ > > > I tried patching the 2.4.25 kernel with the new ntfs and ldm drivers, > > patch -p1 < path/to/patch > > but I've never done this and I kept getting inquisitive messages about > a "reversed patch" and didn't know how to respond. > > > Would someone please explain to me how to either patch the kernel or > fix RHL9.0? Any other kind suggestions would be appreciated. > > > Fred Ramsing > > p.s. It was a beautiful day in SoCal today - I spent every minute of > it in front of my computer screen > > _______________________________________________ > RLUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug > _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
