FC1 2.6 kernel, cannot mount NTFS?
Michael Ferguson
michael.ferguson at mailsnare.net
Thu Apr 15 17:32:01 UTC 2004
>>>[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
>>
>
>
> I don't understand how this tells me why I can't mount.
>
Try feeding the mount command the read only option to explicitly mount
the partition read only. From memory it's "mount -o ro" or "mount -r"
but I'd check the man page first. I can never remember the options and
get my options between different platforms mixed up all the time.
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