topic Re: enabling NTFS in LINUX without compiling new kernel in Operating System - Linux

enabling NTFS in LINUX without compiling new kernel

Alexander Chuzhoy — Thu, 03 Jul 2003 13:26:29 GMT

Hi. I wish to enable NTFS compatability in my RedHat.I successfully did it by compiling new kernel.But I know that there is a way to do it by:
1. modifying the .config file
2. running make dep
3. running make modules
4. running make modules_install
I tried it on many machines and I always received error messages while executing "make modules". What do I do wrong?

Re: enabling NTFS in LINUX without compiling new kernel

Claudio Cilloni — Thu, 03 Jul 2003 13:38:25 GMT

I think you're forgetting to run

make bzImage

after 'make dep' and before 'make modules'.

by the way, what kernel version are you compiling? and what RedHat version?

Ciao
Claudio

Re: enabling NTFS in LINUX without compiling new kernel

Alexander Chuzhoy — Thu, 03 Jul 2003 13:40:19 GMT

that's the thing you shouldn't run make bzImage unless you whish to compile new kernel
I tried it on RH8 and RH9
whith respective default kernels

Re: enabling NTFS in LINUX without compiling new kernel

Jerome Henry — Thu, 03 Jul 2003 13:53:49 GMT

But make moduls means that you build modules based on the kernel. If you change config file, then you have to get the corresponding kernel for the modules and dependencies to know what is inside and what is outside kernel !

J

Re: enabling NTFS in LINUX without compiling new kernel

Balaji N — Thu, 03 Jul 2003 14:45:17 GMT

hi
may be post the exact error messages?

and are u sure u are going to miss out bzImage.

and another way is to just download the rpms from

http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/

and just install them.

cheers
-balaji

Re: enabling NTFS in LINUX without compiling new kernel

Caesar_3 — Thu, 03 Jul 2003 19:52:10 GMT

Hello!

You need to take form any one who have
the module ntfs.o and use it by
insmod ntfs.o and then use mount.

You need the ntfs.o that will work with
your kernel version.

Caesar

Re: enabling NTFS in LINUX without compiling new kernel

Manuel Wolfshant — Fri, 04 Jul 2003 09:55:20 GMT

In addition to what Cesar said: if you recompile the ntfs kernel module, first edit the /usr/src/linux/Makefile file and remove the word "custom". Otherwise the kernel will complain of an invalid / incompatible kernel version when trying to load the module.

If you get errors while compiling a RH linux kernel (i.e. installed from kernel-source-.i386.rpm ) try a make mrproper before compiling. Sometimes it works miracles.