mounting ntfs drives in mandrake 7.2

[DevelDraconus]

can anyone offer any info on how to mount two ntfs drives in linux? mandrake 7.2 doesn't seem to like ntfs partitions (ie, there is no option for ntfs, unlike fat partitions). thanks in advance for any help.

DevelDraconus

[fsvara]

You need to enable ntfs support in the kernel. If you don't have it, you have to compile a new kernel.
Once you have the support for ntfs in the kernel (or preferably as a module), you can issue a normal mount command.

[DevelDraconus]

do you know any good resources that would help me do that, eg. howto docs and the files needed for the module?

[sssadams]

check in /lib/modules/yourkernelnumber/fs and look for ntfs.o If is there just load it and edit your /etc/fstab for the partition containing the ntfs.If you install Mandrake with winnt already there it usually includes the module in its kernel.

[ph34r]

You need to have NTFS support in your kernel or as a module. Check the kernel-howto, and I think there is a NHF of compiling your own kernel.

Note: NTFS support in linux is still experimental - so much so that you had better only use the READ ONLY option, as writing to your NTFS system can still fsck it up.