get to ntfs partition

[nonidentity]

I want to read a NTFS partition I type

mount /dev/hdc1 /mnt/ntfsroot
or
mount -t ntfs /dev/hdc1 /mnt/ntfsroot

I get the same result, which is RH does not recognise the fs.

Yet the man mount states that I can, however I think that it might only be read -only mode.

Any help here?

[Wolff]

You have to have support for NTFS in the kernel configuration.

Have you upgraded your kernel or has it come with the default settings from your distro ?
If so you can check it by CD in to /usr/src/linux and type make menuconfig/xconfig or whatever and then move to FS support and see if NTFS is supported by that kernel. If it isn't you have to compile the kernel.

O yeah .. don't edit anything while in the /linux menu unless you know what you're doing.

Hope this helps!
There's lots of great docs on how to compile a new kernel too if that's the case

[Wolff]

I forgot... even if it is supported in your kernel it probably is just read only.
As you can read from other posts here, writing to an NTFS partition is best considered dangerous. It may or it may not screw up that partition. You can compile a kernel WITH read and write support to NTFS, but it is just experimental and is best to leave it in read-only mode. ( Or change it to FAT32 )