[Lilux-help] ntfs

[Bob Hentges]

Michel Maria-Sube wrote:

> I'm using version 2.4.22 (Mandrake 9.2) and to mount
> partition I'm doing
> 
> mount -w -type ntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows
> 
> but despite the flag 'w', partition is set in read
> mode only.

Are you sure than, that your kernel is able to mount ntfs partitions
in r/w? One ought to think that neither Mandrake nor any other
distribution will let users mount ntfs partitions in r/w for write
support in the 2.4 series of the kernel is not mature. It is truly
dangerous for your data. Therefor I either recommend you to update
to Mandrake 10, for it has a kernel of the 2.6 series, or to manually
update your kernel to one of the 2.6 ones.
Mandrake offers with a very great probability an rpm.

Friendly

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