[NTLUG:Discuss] mounting ntfs on redhat 7.1

[Michael Patrick]

Sathish,

Mounting over the network would not be NTFS; you only mount NTFS if the drive is local (like a Windows NT, Linux dual boot).  Over the network you would mount smb.  In my configuration at home, I have a Windows 2000 Server sharing the mp3 directory.  I then mount this directory using

//files/e               /mirrorsrc              smbfs   username=user,password=pass,ro   0 0

in my /etc/fstab where

//files/e				-> the Win2k share
/mirrorsrc				-> the local mount point
smbfs					-> SMB file system
username=user,password=pass,ro   0 0	-> options for username, password and read-only


I am running the default RH7.1 kernel, which has smbfs already enabled.

Michael

(one thing to note is that you might have to install the Samba package.  I did for other reasons and I don't recall if this mounting worked before Samba or not.  I'd try it first without)

Good luck

On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 02:54:20PM +0000, sathish subs wrote:
> i tried to mount ntfs (existing on another machine on the network) on my 
> liunx box.
> 
> i tried
> 
> mount -t ntfs ....
> 
> but is says the kernel doesnt support ntfs.
> 
> i dont know what version the kernel is. how do i find that out? i heard that 
> kernel 2.* has driver for ntfs in-built. if i have kernel 2.* which has the 
> ntfs driver, how do i recompile the kernel with the driver?
> 
> sathish