FC1 2.6 kernel, cannot mount NTFS?

VB vboyt at yahoo.com
Thu Apr 15 17:34:50 UTC 2004


--- Michael Ferguson <michael.ferguson at mailsnare.net>
wrote:
> >>>[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.

I've tried that. Same error.


	
		
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