Peter,
>
>
> My primary question is how can I mount an NTFS partition on a SL 4
> system.
>
> Now I think I need to recomplie the kernel with the NTFS module.
> This leads me to the problem that there is no kernel src rpm as
> mentioned in the release notes
> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/40/i386/SL.documentation/
> RELEASE-NOTES-x86-en
>
> "In order to eliminate the redundancy inherent in providing a separate
> package for the kernel source code when that source code already
> exists in the kernel's .src.rpm file, Scientific Linux 4.x no
> longer includes the kernel-source package. Users that require
> access
> to the kernel sources can find them in the kernel .src.rpm file.
> To
> create an exploded source tree from this file, perform the
> following
> steps (note that <version> refers to the version specification
> for
> your currently-running kernel):
>
> 1. Obtain the kernel-<version>.src.rpm file from one of the
> following sources:
>
> o The SRPMS directory on the appropriate "SRPMS" CD iso
> image
>
> o The FTP site where you got the kernel package"
>
> I can not see the kernel src.rpm on the SL4 ftp site, am I looking in
> the wrong place?
ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/40/SRPMS/vendor/errata/
>
> Any short cuts
>
> Thanks Pete
>
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