stange message while mounting ntfs (fc6)

[François Patte]

Kevin Kofler a écrit :
> François Patte <francois.patte <at> math-info.univ-paris5.fr> writes:
> 
>>WARNING: Old FUSE kernel module detected. This means, some driver features
>>are not available (swap file on NTFS, boot from NTFS by LILO),
>>and unmount is not safe unless you make sure the ntfs-3g process
>>naturally terminates after calling 'umount'. The safe FUSE kernel
>>driver is included in the official Linux kernels since version
>>2.6.20-rc1, or in the FUSE 2.6 software package. Please see the
>>next page for more help: http://www.ntfs-3g.org/support.html#fuse26
>>
>>kernel is 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6  (not 2.6.20...!) fuse module is in use when 
>>I lsmod.
>>
>>I don't understand the meaning of this message.
> 
> 
> In short, it means ntfs-3g is way faster at development than any distro is at 
> updating the kernel. (Fedora is already very quick there, go any faster and you 
> get something like Rawhide. 2.6.20 hasn't even been released yet!)
> 
<snip>

> For now, just be careful with umount of ntfs partitions.
>         Kevin Kofler

Thanks for your answer. What do you mean: "just be careful with umount 
of ntfs partitions"?

I added lines for mounting ntfs in fstab, so I do not manage mount and 
umount of these partitions; is there any danger to proceed like that?


-- 
François Patte
UFR de mathématiques et informatique
Université René Descartes
http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte