FC3 and NTFS

[Loren Lockwood]

Den Couf wrote:

> --- Loren Lockwood <lockwoodlo at cantv.net> wrote: 
>  
>
>>Hi all.  I'm very new at Linux.  Have tried a couple
>>of distros and like 
>>FC3 best so far.  Some problems exist, though.  I
>>have dual boot with 
>>Win2K using NTFS.  FC3 can't see that partition. 
>>Bumming around on the 
>>net I found out that seeing NTFS is an option which
>>is turned off by 
>>default in the kernel of this distro.  To turn it
>>on, they say I have to 
>>recompile the kernel.  That seems scary to me, but I
>>found a site with 
>>very extensive instructions and decided to try it. 
>>But first I need the 
>>kernel source code.  Where do I find that?  I poked
>>around in Red Hat's 
>>site, also Fedora's, but didn't find anything.
>>
>>Also, does this mean that every time a new kernel is
>>issued I'll have to 
>>go through the same procedure?  Isn't there some way
>>to get this option 
>>turned on by default?
>>
>>Your help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>BTW, I have read through a couple hundred emails
>>from this list and not 
>>found any other references to this problem.  Can it
>>be that nobody else 
>>needs NTFS access from FC3?  Is that why it's turned
>>off by default?  I 
>>still need W2K for certain jobs, although I hope
>>that the number of such 
>>jobs will approach zero as time goes by.
>>
>>Thanks.  -Loren
>>
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>>    
>>
>
>Hey Loren,
>i had the same problem here, but be sure, you don't
>have to recompile your kernel.
>Just browse to
>http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm/index.html and
>follow the instructions. The only thing you have to
>know is whenever you update your kernel, you have to
>reinstall the right kernelmodules from the above site
>(its not a standard in fedora-kernels, a pitty).
>  
>

Thanks to all who offered help.  I think I ran across that URL 
previously but since it is not "official" Linux I was doubtful.  Now, 
hearing it from the people on this list, I'm convinced.  I'll get right 
to it.

Thanks again.  -Loren