How to add ntfs support

How to add ntfs support

[Blesson Paul]

Hi
      I have redhat6.2. I have to add ntfs support to it(defaultly
   it do not have). I know to do it by changing the configuration and
   recompiling the whole kernel. I want to know , is there any method to     
register ntfs file system without recompiling the whole kernel

   Thanks in advance
   by
   Blesson


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Re: How to add ntfs support

[Anton Altaparmakov]

At 09:20 24/05/2001, Blesson Paul wrote:
>      I have redhat6.2. I have to add ntfs support to it(defaultly
>    it do not have). I know to do it by changing the configuration and
>    recompiling the whole kernel. I want to know , is there any method to
>register ntfs file system without recompiling the whole kernel

No, it is not possible to not recompile the kernel if NTFS was configured. 
You might see some very strange effects if you try... What is your problem? 
Just recompile the kernel. Remember NTFS should be used read-only as write 
support is broken.

I have a much improved NTFS driver but my Sourceforge linux-NTFS CVS is 
down (for a week now!) so I can't release it at the moment. )-:

Anton


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Re: How to add NTFS support

[Anton Altaparmakov]

At 09:20 24/05/2001, Blesson Paul wrote:
>      I have redhat6.2. I have to add ntfs support to it(defaultly
>    it do not have). I know to do it by changing the configuration and
>    recompiling the whole kernel. I want to know , is there any method to
>register ntfs file system without recompiling the whole kernel

 >No, it is not possible to not recompile the kernel if NTFS was configured.

I meant "was not configured"...

Anton


You might see some very strange effects if you try... What is your problem? 
Just recompile the kernel. Remember NTFS should be used read-only as write 
support is broken.

I have a much improved NTFS driver but my Sourceforge linux-NTFS CVS is 
down (for a week now!) so I can't release it at the moment. )-:

Anton


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   "Nothing succeeds like success." - Alexandre Dumas
-- 
Anton Altaparmakov <aia21 at cam.ac.uk> (replace at with @)
Linux NTFS Maintainer / WWW: http://sf.net/projects/linux-ntfs/
ICQ: 8561279 / WWW: http://www-stu.christs.cam.ac.uk/~aia21/

Re: How to add ntfs support

[David Woodhouse]

aia21@cam.ac.uk said:
> > I want to know , is there any method to register ntfs file system
> > without recompiling the whole kernel

> No, it is not possible to not recompile the kernel if NTFS was {not}
> configured. 

Is it not possible to build NTFS as a module?


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Re: How to add ntfs support

[Anton Altaparmakov]

At 12:01 24/05/01, David Woodhouse wrote:
>aia21@cam.ac.uk said:
> > > I want to know , is there any method to register ntfs file system
> > > without recompiling the whole kernel
>
> > No, it is not possible to not recompile the kernel if NTFS was {not}
> > configured.
>
>Is it not possible to build NTFS as a module?

It is of course possible to build it as a modules. That is what I do. But 
it would be guaranteed to work only if NLS was enabled during the previous 
kernel compile and even then you would still have to do the make 
{old,menu,x,}config, followed by make dep and make modules. On a fast 
mashine you might as well do the make bzImage, too... - Also it would only 
work if you are compiling the modules on the same kernel with the same 
config as the currently running kernel.

Also, the original poster said he was using RedHat 6.2, which means he is 
probably using a 2.2.x kernel as that came with RedHat 6.2 and considering 
he doesn't want to recompile the kernel chances are he has some ancient 
2.2.x kernel at that (whatever came standard with 6.2 + eventual updates...).

So it would be a good idea to get at least 2.4.4 kernel and then yes, you 
would have to compile it from scratch...

Best regards,

         Anton


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Anton Altaparmakov <aia21 at cam.ac.uk> (replace at with @)
Linux NTFS Maintainer / WWW: http://sf.net/projects/linux-ntfs/
ICQ: 8561279 / WWW: http://www-stu.christs.cam.ac.uk/~aia21/