ntfs problems

[Rick Stevens]

Troy Campano wrote:
> I'm trying to get read only NTFS support and i've having trouble. I used 
> the directions on fedoranews.org before and they worked, then I 
> reinstalled fedora and I can't get it to work.
> 
> 1) I do 'make menuconfig' and enable ntfs read only support.
> 
> 2) I then run this command: make SUBDIRS=fs/*ntfs* modules
> 
> ...and I get this error:
> 
> 
> fs.c:480: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
> fs.c: In function `ntfs_lookup':
> fs.c:537: warning: implicit declaration of function `kmalloc_R93d4cfe6'
> fs.c:537: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
> fs.c: In function `ntfs_read_super':
> fs.c:1022: warning: implicit declaration of function 
> `set_blocksize_Rc75d857c'
> fs.c:1067: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
> make[1]: *** [fs.o] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl/fs/ntfs'
> make: *** [_mod_fs/ntfs] Error 2
> 
> 
> Any ideas? I don't get it since I use to have this working.

You need to install the kernel source, do the config, BUILD THE KERNEL
FIRST ("make bzImage"), THEN "make modules".

Or go to http://www.rhil.net/kernelstuff/modules.html and download a
pre-built module (both RO and RW are available).
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