Re: [LUG] Ntfs file systems Yay!

[<kam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 10:46:13PM -0400, lee wrote:
> Thanks for the advice insmod worked a treat!
> 
> i can now get to files on my win2k Hard Drive !
> 
> lsmod (found no ntfs module in the kernal doh!)
> insmod  -f ntfs (got the module loaded,dont ask me what -f does, it worked)
> 
> mount -t ntfs /dev/hda2 /mnt/disk
> 
> mounted the volume and hey presto all is right with the world!
> 

I think if you add ntfs to /etc/modules it will be automatically loaded
when the system boots. Likewise if you put an entry for /dev/hda2 in
/etc/fstab with the user and noauto options you can mount it on demand
with just "mount /mnt/disk" much as you'd mount a floppy or CDROM.

Keith

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