1. Make sure you are using my yum configuration.
2. Open a terminal.
3. Become root.
4. Type:

   yum install kernel-module-ntfs-$(uname -r)

Now you can read your NTFS drives! Unfortunately, you cannot write to them, though.

NOTE: You will have to re-run the above steps every time you install a new kernel, after you reboot with the new kernel.

For information on how to use your NTFS drive, you can read the NTFS FAQ.

Mount NTFS Partitions

11 November 2004

Either recompile your kernel for NTFS read support. (Hard)
Or obtain the matching the proper kernel module. Again make sure
you have the correct version (example similar to: 2.6.9-1.667).
Use the 'uname -rm' command for more information.

Go to http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm/fedora3.html
for the module/rpm.
Go to http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm/instructions.html 

for the instructions.

[root@charon root]# uname -rm
2.6.9-1.667 i686

I selected '2.6.9-1.667' 'i686' for my Athlon-XP computer. Both parts MUST match.

[root@charon ~]# rpm -ivh kernel-module-ntfs-2.6.9-1.667-2.1.20-0.fc.1.2.i686.rpm 
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:kernel-module-ntfs-2.6.########################################### [100%]

To allow access to NTFS partitions you must (1) check how many partitions
you have, (2) create mount points, (3) mount partitions, and (4) update fstab
to mount at next boot.

Check Partitions

Check how many NTFS partitions you have:

[root@charon ~]# fdisk -lu /dev/hda | grep NTFS
/dev/hda1   *          63    16771859     8385898+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2        16771860    33543719     8385930    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda3        33752628    67312349    16779861    7  HPFS/NTFS

Usually the first will be C drive, next D, etc.

Create Mount Points

Instead of /media/, you can also use /mnt/, both will work, but make
sure to make the correct edits in all places.

[root@charon ~]# cd /media/
[root@charon media]# mkdir c_drive
[root@charon media]# mkdir d_drive
[root@charon media]# mkdir e_drive

You don't have to use these names, if you prefer to creat folders such as
movies, documents, or winxp, any name will work (without spaces).

Mount Partitions

Run 'man mount' to fully explain what "-r -o umask=0222" does.

[root@charon media]# mount /dev/hda1 /media/c_drive/ -t ntfs -r -o umask=0222
[root@charon media]# mount /dev/hda2 /media/d_drive/ -t ntfs -r -o umask=0222
[root@charon media]# mount /dev/hda3 /media/e_drive/ -t ntfs -r -o umask=0222

Update /etc/fstab

Open '/etc/fstab' in an editor and add these lines to the END of the file:

/dev/hda1   /media/c_drive     ntfs    ro,defaults,umask=0222 0 0
/dev/hda2   /media/d_drive     ntfs    ro,defaults,umask=0222 0 0
/dev/hda3   /media/e_drive     ntfs    ro,defaults,umask=0222 0 0

eg.

自動加載windows下的分區
我有c,d,e，分別是hda1,hda5,hda6,其中c是ntfs的。
在/mnt下建立目錄
mkdir c
mkdir d
mkdir e
然後修改/etc/fstab
加上下列幾行
/dev/hda1 /mnt/c ntfs iocharset=utf8
/dev/hda5 /mnt/d vfat iocharset=utf8
/dev/hda6 /mnt/e vfat iocharset=utf8
然後重新啟動計算機

小結:現在我可以辦公和讀書了,基本可以代替以前win的工作了.

make kernel for support NTFS

# uname -a
接下來抓source回來。

# apt-get source kernel
這時候可能有很多個，叫你確定在打；或是抓不到，那就去google找同版號的kernel source。

抓回來安裝後(安裝失敗可能是目錄要先建)，再patch一下。

# cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS
# rpmbuild -bp --target=i686 kernel-version.spec
將 kernel source code 搬到 /usr/src/ 目錄底下。

# mv /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-version/linux- /usr/src/
接下來開始make kernel。

# cd /usr/src/linux-version
# make mrproper
# cp configs/kernel-version-i686.config .config
# vi Makefile (修改 EXTRAVERSION = -prep , 如改成 EXTRAVERSION = -1.681_FC3)
# make oldconfig
# make menuconfig (把preempt mode打開，nvidia rivafb關掉，ntfs read打開)
# make
# make modules_install
# make install
重開機看看可不可以work。

mount NTFS driver steps
# cat /etc/redhat-release
# uname -r
# rpm -q --queryformat "%{ARCH} " kernel
# rpm -ihv kernel-ntfs-2.4.18-14.i686.rpm
# modprobe ntfs (or # /sbin/modprobe ntfs)
# /sbin/fdisk -l
# mkdir /mnt/windows
# mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows -t ntfs -r -o umask=0222

# rpm -ivh kernel-module-ntfs-2.6.11-1.35_FC3-2.1.22-0.rr.6.3.i686.rpm

Install NTFS driver

# uname -r -p

# rpm -ihv kernel-ntfs-2.6.5-1.358.i686.rpm

關於Fedora Core 4.0 對ntfs文件系統的支持的解決辦法

提示：ntfs 文件系統是Windows操作系統的文件系統，在Redhat/Fedora中，一般不是默認支持的。解決這個問題，大多是通過安裝RPM補丁包，或者重編內核。由於重編內核比較複雜，對新手來說比較困難。所以建議新手用 RPM補丁包的方法來解決：

linux-ntfs項目主頁：

http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/info/ntfs-zh.html

Fedora core 4.0 NTFS 支持的RPM 包

http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm/fedora4.html

如何選擇：我們通過uname -a 來判斷，比如：
[beinan@S01 ~]$ uname -a

首先我們要判斷自己系統的內核，內核版本要一定看好。切記：

對於大多數X86 32的機器，也就是我們常用的PC機，大多用：

i686的包：類似這樣的：

kernel-module-ntfs-2.6.11–1.1369_FC4–2.1.22–0.rr.6.0.i686.rpm

注意：smp是多處理器的內核，比如i686-smp，如果您不是雙處理器，請不要用這樣的內核；如果您uname a 出來的值，有smp字樣的，就是要用這個i686smp的包：

下載rpm 包後，要放在linux的分區中；

然後 ：

#rpm -ivh filename.rpm

比如 ：

#rpm ivh kernelmodule-ntfs-2.6.11–1.1369_FC4–2.1.22–0.rr.6.0.i686.rpm

如果加載安裝ntfs 到linux系統中，請看以前的帖子：就是mount 命令，說一下吧。

參考：fat 的方法：大同小異；

http://www.linuxsir.org/bbs/showthread.php?t=3393

讓系統自動加載ntfs

用下面這個命令來判斷我們的windows分區，這個命令能把所有硬盤上的分區都能列出來。這個命令比較強，哈。。最適合不知道自己的硬盤情況的弟兄。。。

[root@LinuxSir root]# fdisk -l

如果只列一個硬盤的可用下面這個命令，下面這兩條命令，第一條是列第一個硬盤的，第二個是列第二個硬盤的，這兩條命令和 fdisk -l結合起來，配合來用，效果最佳。我以我的硬盤來說。。。。也能用第一個命令。。這個比較簡單，試一下就知道了

#fdisk -l /dev/hda

#fdisk -l /dev/hdb

Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 1147 9213246 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2 1148 4864 29856802+ f Win95 Ext『d (LBA)
/dev/hda5 1148 2039 7164958+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda6 2040 2804 6144831 b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda7 2805 3824 8193118+ b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda8 3825 3830 48163+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda9 3831 4799 7783461 83 Linux
/dev/hda10 4800 4864 522081 82 Linux swap

從這上面，我們可以看來，/dev/hda6和/dev/hda5就是win下的ntfs分區。

第 二；我們加載windows的分區，是不是在linux下有個文件夾可以放下去？這樣理解就對了。我們可以用下面的方法來操作。我在這個例子中，把 /hda5的內容，我想放到WinE這個文件夾。另一個則是WinF，這個文件夾的命名，可以用你喜歡的。但修改/etc/fstab的內容時，也要用這 個文件夾，也就是統一起來。。

#mkdir /mnt/WinE

#mkdir /mnt/WinF

注意大小寫。。

或用鼠標點kde自帶的瀏覽器在地址欄上輸入：
/mnt
就能進入/mnt這個目錄了。。
然後就按鼠標的右鍵來建目錄，這個簡單吧。。。哈。。

然後，我們來修改/etc目錄下的fstab

/dev/hda5 /mnt/WinE ntfs umask=0,nls=utf8 0 0 0 0

如果出現亂碼，請根據自己系統的locale來設置，比如 utf-8之類的。看情況吧。

如果手工mount分區如何做呢？
事前要建好目錄，比如在/mnt目錄下建一個tmp目錄

#mkdir /mnt/tmp
然後就是mount了，mount也應該有個目的地吧，那我們就把目的地定為/mnt/tmp
比如我們mount /dev/hda5
如下：

#mount -o nls=utf8 /dev/hda5 /mnt/tmp

How can i see my fat32 or ntfs drive in linux ( fedora core 3 ) ?

ntfs mounting

Dual boot Fedora Linux and Windows XP, resizing NTFS

Howto resize Windows XP NTFS partition non-destructively, install Feodra Core and create a boot menu for both operating systems.

All tools used are free except Windows XP. Windows XP is a good platform for gaming and legacy software, for other purposes I recommend Linux. To follow this tutorial, you should be comfortable with installing operating systems, partitioning hard disks and burning cdroms from iso images.

(c) 2004 Tero Karvinen

Resize Windows XP NTFS parition

Backup your documents from NTFS partitition. If you are not administering the computer yourself, ask permission from IT-department for resizing hard disk partitions. If you want to be able to shring the partition to minimum possible size, you can optionally defragment the NTFS partition using Windows defragmenting tool included in Windows XP.

Ntfsresize can shrink Windows XP partition. It is included in Knoppix 2004. Download knoppix (KNOPPIX_V3.3-200?-??-??-EN.iso 700 MB iso image) and burn it to a cd. Boot computer from that cd.

Start qtparted. Select Main menu: Knoppix: Root shell. Type qtparted &. Select your hard disk (/dev/hda), and select Windows XP NTFS partition, which probably takes almost the whole disk. From context menu (click right mouse button), select "Resize...". Make the partition about a half smaller, click Ok. Save by clicking disk icon from toolbar. Qtparted automatically does everything needed to resize the partition (runs ntfsresize and the actual partitioning program).

After the operation, your hard disk will have a Windows XP NTFS partition (about half a disk) and free, unpartitioned space (about the other half). Save by clicking the disk icon on top left, and choose yes to commit the changes. Repartitioning can take 10 minutes or more.

Install Fedora Core

Download Fedora Linux 1 "Yarrow" iso images (600+ MB each) disc 1 - disc 2 - disc 3 - and burn the images to cds.

Boot from Fedora Core disc 1. Install Fedora Core normally. Installer detects Windows XP automatically, and creates a boot menu item for it. In bootloader configuration you can change the name of Windows XP menu item from "DOS" to "Windows XP". You can also choose which operating system is booted up by default.

• (Boot loader: enter).
• Media check: (Optional. All disks should say "PASSED. It is OK to install from this media).
• Language (during installation): English.
• Keyboard: Finnish.
• Mouse: (whatever is autodetected, usually ps2, ps2 wheel mouse or usb wheel mouse), emulate 3 buttons.
• Installation type: Workstation. (Only chooses the default set of software to be installed)
• Disk partitioning: Automatically partition, keep all partitions and use existing free space.
• Boot loader configuration (defaults ok, boot menu item for Windows XP is autogenerated, you can choose default operating system to boot and change menu item names).
• Network configuration: Automatically via DHCP.
• Firewall configuration: Enabled (Defaults ok. Client programs work automatically. Do not allow incoming traffic and do not trust any devices).
• Language support: (defaults ok: Default English, support English).
• Time Zone: Europe/Helsinki, System Clock Uses UTC.
• Root password: secret passphrase, unlimited length. Use big/small letters, numbers, special chars (!%/()=?_...) but not scandinavian characters like äö.
• Package Selection (defaults).
• About to install (nothing has been done yet, pressing Alt-Ctrl-Del would reboot and cancel install). Click next to proceed installing.

Installation of Fedora Core 1 takes about 40 minutes, and you must change cds twice.

Create Boot Disk: No. X Window System configuration: (defaults usually Ok). Machine reboots. Add user: Login: eight characters, no caps, eg: tkarvine. Type password twice. (use this user to log in later, not root). Date: add the date. Sounds: (defaults ok). Register: No. Install additional: No.

Now you can log in.

Check for both operating systems, Windows XP and Fedora Linux, that you can boot, browse web pages, write documents and (optionally) print them. Windows XP checks hard disk the first time you log in after repartitioning.

Congratulations, you have repartitioned your hard disk and installed Fedora Core dual boot! Read my articles to learn more about linux.

Fedora Core 2 and other Linux 2.6 distributions

Fedora Core 2 and other distributions using Linux kernel version 2.6 alter the partition table so that Windows no longer recognizes those partitions. This problem does not show with every installation of Fedora Core 2, and it never occurs with Fedora Core 1. The problem is annoying but fixable without data loss. This worked for me: boot to Knoppix 3.3 (Linux 2.4), sfdisk -l. Check the correct geometry: CHS Cylinders Heads Sectors. (There are also other sources to check the correct geometry, such as printings on hard disks and sometimes bios.) Rewrite the partition table to reflect the correct geometry, using your own values for /dev/hda, C H and S.

sfdisk -d /dev/hda |sfdisk --no-reread -C 16037 -H 255 -S 63 /dev/hda

Reboot computer. You should be able to boot both Windows and Linux. Windows will likely check hard disks on first boot.

See also: Kanat-Alexander 2004: Fedora Faq: "I installed Fedora Core 2, and now I can't boot into Windows!" and Aboutboul 2004 on fedora-devel-list atta redhat.com: "Prevention and Recovery of XP Dual Boot Problems"

About this document

Tested on 2004-04-02 with Fedora Core 1 Yarrow, Knoppix 2004-02-16, Windows XP Pro (ghost installed) and HP-Compaq d530 CMT. Also, all hardware worked in both operating systems in d530, including the integrated Broadcom Netextreme Gbit/s network adapter.

Todo: Screenshots of qtparted resizing ntfs, installing Fedora Core, boot menu. Photo of a computer running Linux. How to run WinhaPro (an old grading system) in Linux?

Copyright 2004-04-02 (initial release) 2004-04-29 (integrated comments from Chris) 2004-05-17 (fc install to a list, copyedit) 2004-08-24 (knoppix link fix, copyedit), 2004-09-19 (fc2 partitioning fix) Tero Karvinen. All rights reserved. XHTML Basic 1.0 - top