FC1 2.6 kernel, cannot mount NTFS?

Thierry Sayegh linux at glossolalie.org
Thu Apr 15 17:13:03 UTC 2004


VB wrote:

>Hello,
>  If NTFS support is compiled in as a module in Fedora
>with a 2.6 kernel, mounting a NTFS partition shouldn't
>cause troubles should it? i.e. there aren't any
>well-known issues with Fedora and NTFS support is
>there?  
>
>This is what happens:
>
>[root at localhost root]# mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1
>/windows
>mount: cannot mount block device /dev/hda1 read-only
>  
>
This is perfectly normal, ntfs is supported as read-only.
If you try to write to an ntfs partition from another filesystem, you do 
this at your own risks.
HTH
Thierry





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