NTFS Kernel Issue

bmpw · Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 4:46 pm Post subject: NTFS Kernel Issue

Hi there,

I compiled a gentoo-dev-sources 2.6.5-r1 kernel and I swear I put NTFS read support in, since all my docs and music are on NTFS and I've got no space to shufle them off and format to something more universal.
However, I tried to mount using:

TheCoop · Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 4:51 pm Post subject:

if /proc/config.gz exists you can do
gzcat /proc/config.gz |grep NTFS
to see whats actually in the kernel
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freelight · Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 4:54 pm Post subject:

You can chek your kernel configuration to see if reading NTFS is enabled, like so:

spb · Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 5:06 pm Post subject:

The simpler way is to check /proc/filesystems to see whether you have ntfs support enabled. If not, then 'modprobe -l' will list your available kernel modules. If ntfs is there, then 'modprobe ntfs' and try again.

bmpw · Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 5:34 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the advice. Checked it through the menu config and, distressingly, it wasn't there. I'm about to have a look at that captive-ntfs thingy, but if it's not an option will I be forced to recompile?

spb · Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 5:41 pm Post subject:

freelight · Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 5:47 pm Post subject:

If you don't want to reinstall the kernel (and reboot), compile ntfs as a kernel module, and load it as I showed earlier.
If you use captive-ntfs, you don't need ntfs support in the kernel.

bmpw · Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2004 1:12 am Post subject:

Thanks very much. Well, I went out so before leaving I backed up the current kernel and recompiled with NTFS. I'm not sure what I did wrong last time, maybe I didn't save the changes when prompted...

It works find now though, so thank you very much.