How to mount my /dev/hda1??

[LovelyAngel]

Hi everyone,

I am just a newby, and I am wondering how to mount my /dev/hda1

I typed "fdisk -l" to list my hard disk partitions, and it returns:
/dev/hda1 * 1 1275 10241406 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2 2041 2432 3148708+ e Win95 FAT16 (LBA)
/dev/hda3 1276 1288 104422+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda4 1289 2040 6040440 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5 1289 1992 5654848+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 1993 2040 385528+ 82 Linux swap

the first HPFS/NTFS partition is my windows 2000, and I created a folder named "win2K" under /mnt, and i used a command:
"mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt/win2K"

but it returns an error "mount: fs type ntfs not supported by kernel".
I have check the mount command, but the ntfs is actually a type of mount, can anyone tell me why?

BTW, what is "LBA" and what is "Linux swap" for?

God and I don't know.

 

[manarth]

NTFS is a different type of file system - you need the correct module (Linux equivalent of driver) to read NTFS.

you can see a list of loaded modules using lsmod and test modules using modprobe.

LBA is short for Logical Block Addressing, Linux uses a swap partition (as apposed to Windows' swap file).
A swap partition/file is used to swap stuff between memory and hard storage (normally in a multi-processing environment), basically, to avoid tying up all the memory when you're running loads of programs.

The rule of thumb is to make a swap partition 1.5x to 2x the size of your RAM (although there is a fair amount of debate on this!)

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[AP81]

I take it you are using RedHat, which does not provide out-of-the-box support for NTFS due to conflicts with M$.

If you are using RedHat, visit this site:

http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/info/redhat.html

Read it well, follow the instructions and download the rpm file which matches your kernel. After setting that up you will be able to mount your NTFS partition.

 

[clonny2]

Or you can recompile your kernel to add NTFS as a module. Should not take too long to compile just the module.

Make sure you installed the kernel source.

cd /usr/src/linux-2.4

type &quot;make menuconfig&quot;

Scroll down to the FileSystems section.

Find NTFS and press the letter M to configure as a module
You will see <M> now.
You can also install the Write support, but it is experimental.

Select Exit twice and save your new kernel configuration.

Since you are only installing a module type &quot;make modules&quot;.
When it finishes type &quot;make modules_install&quot;

That is it. Now you should have NTFS for your kernel.

Now try mounting /dev/hda1.


>---------------------------------------Lawrence Feldman
SR. QA. Engineer SNAP Appliance
lfeldman@snapappliance.com