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Re: NTFS: unknown filesystem in SL.5
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Urs Beyerle <[log in to unmask]>
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Urs Beyerle <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:53:49 +0200
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Rohan Mittal wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I was earlier using the SL-5 LiveCD where-in I was able to mount a 
> NTFS partition and read-write data on the same. But, after installing 
> SL-5 using the 3.7 GiB DVD, it returns that NTFS is 'unknown 
> filesystem', so I am unable to mount it now. How can the issue be solved?
>

You can install the following rpm on your SL5 system:
# rpm -ihv 
http://linux.web.psi.ch/dist/scientific/50/psi/all/ntfs-3g-1.913-3.slp5.i386.rpm

To mount for example /dev/sda1 as NTFS filesystem:
# mkdir -p /mnt/sda1
# mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1

Cheers,

    Urs

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