Ding,

I am also using this kernel and here's what I did to get my NTFS volume
mounted:

1) Download and install the NTFS kernel driver: the catch here is that
you need to get the right one.  Go to
http://www.linux-ntfs.org/content/view/135/71/ and then under the
"Contributed NTFS RPMs" section download the x86_64 (or the smp version)
for your kernel.  Note: this is not the NTFS tools package -- I have not
 yet found a working tools package for this kernel, but this is not
necessary for read access anyway.

2) Edit your /etc/fstab file and add the mount options so that all users
can read it.  For example, you might add the following (here the device
is sdb1): /dev/sdb1   /media/my_usb_drive   ntfs
users,noauto,umask=022   0 0

In my case I have an external USB drive, so I don't want it auto-mounted
every time I reboot, so I use "noauto" in the fstab.  Also, I want
normal (non-root) users to access it, so I enter "users", along with a
umask=022 (you can use whatever umask you like, but I found it necessary
to specify one or the users option would not work).

With this configuration I am able to mount, open, read, and unmount my
NTFS external USB drive.  I have read that writing to an NTFS drive is
still kind of buggy and may result in data loss on the NTFS partition,
so it would be a good idea to have a backup before writing to it.

Lastly, every time you update your kernel you will need to download and
install a new NTFS kernel driver.  For this reason, you may want to
uncheck the kernel update on your up2date GUI screen -- at least until
you confirm that there's a new NTFS kernel driver for the new kernel
version.

In an interesting side note, Redhat/Fedora are the only major Linux
distributions that don't include NTFS support by default.  I think they
fear being sued by Microsoft.

I hope this helps.  -Michael


dingxb wrote:
> Hi, I am very glad to been here.
> 
> At the moment, I am a newbie in using Scientific Linux. My Linux is Scientific Linux 4.3 for X86_64. I just got it before a weeks ago and I had installed it. Here are some prolems of mine.
> 
> 1. I can't mount all my ntfs partition due to the kernal doesn't support it. I had found some resolution in Internet. For example, I want to use the rpms which found in  http://www.linux-ntfs.org/. But I can;t found the right version for the kernal. When I use the command "uname -a" to investigate the version, it shows should be 2.6.9-34 EL, when I got the corresponding rpms, it doesn't work for me and informed me that I had a wrong kernal version. So, anybody can help me to mount the NTFS partition . Thank you.
> 
> 2. I also have a problem in monitor. My desktop is not in the center of my monitor. It a little towards right down. And how to adjust it or what is the reson for that?? Thank you again.
> 
> Thanks a lot again.
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> Ding Xiaobin
> 2006-06-15
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