NTFS Support for RHEL4

[stevenriz]

Hi I am trying to mount a windows based usb drive in my rhel system. I added ntfs support...

[root@server1 rpms]# rpm -ivh kernel-module-ntfs-2.6.9-34.ELsmp-2.1.20-0.rr.10.10.i686.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:kernel-module-ntfs-2.6.########################################### [100%]
[root@server1 rpms]#

It is definately there...

[root@server1 media]# rpm -qa | grep ntfs
kernel-module-ntfs-2.6.9-34.ELsmp-2.1.20-0.rr.10.10
[root@server1 media]#

Tried to mount it and I still get this message...

[root@stevenrizvm1 media]# mount /dev/sda1 /media/New_Volume -t ntfs -o ro
mount: fs type ntfs not supported by kernel
[root@stevenrizvm1 media]#

Is there some other module(s) I need to be able to do this?

Thanks!!
Steve

 

[thedaver]

You may need to either "lsmod [modulename]", "modprobe [modulename]" or just reboot. I forget how .RPM kernel modules are treated, but I infer that your's is not yet loaded into mem for service.

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[DrD123]

Hey stevenriz,
Are you sure the USB has ntfs on it? They default to FAT.

I have had good results with ntfs-3g:

http://www.ntfs-3g.org/

But with what you have try this:

modprobe ntfs
dmesg | grep -i ntfs (you should see the module name and version)
mount -t ntfs -o ro /dev/sda /your/mount_point

Good luck
DrD

 

[stevenriz]

Hi thanks for the help. Yes it is definately NTFS.

I will try your other suggestions but the modprobe returned nothing...

[root@server1 ~]# modprobe ntfs
FATAL: Module ntfs not found.
[root@server1 ~]#

 

[thedaver]

This may not be a proper module - have you tried to reboot?

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[DrD123]

Hey Stevenriz,

Are you able to try ntfs-3g? Or are you in a tight environment?

Good luck
DrD

 

[stevenriz]

I loaded ntfs3g without an issue... but still am unable to mount that usb drive

[root@server1 ~]# rpm -qa | grep ntfs
kernel-module-ntfs-2.6.9-34.ELsmp-2.1.20-0.rr.10.10
ntfs-3g-devel-1.417-1.EL4
ntfs-3g-1.417-1.EL4
[root@server1 ~]#

 

[stevenriz]

I got it working and was able to mount the ntfs usb drive... I went to re-download the RPM from here

http://www.linux-ntfs.org/content/view/135/

and noticed they had specific versions mapped to specific releases of your kernel. I downloaded the correct one, installed it and did a modprobe ntfs and away I went... Everything looks good now!!!

Steve