Very Computer

Have read that this entails recompiling the kernel, but would like to
know exactly what config in the kernel I am looking for before I start
messing with things.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanx

Mmm, support for NTFS maybe? ;-)

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DukeLeto

Quote:> Have read that this entails recompiling the kernel, but would like to
> know exactly what config in the kernel I am looking for before I start
> messing with things.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanx

(you might already know some of this, but I'll state the whole process)
everything with 'blah' means some version number.

After you have the kernel sources, copy /boot/config-blah to
/usr/src/linux-blah/.config
then run 'make menuconfig'.  Look under filesystems, then type 'm' at NTFS
(do not try
write support).  Once done, use tab to cycle to the exit button.  At the
prompt, run
'make dep', then 'make bzImage', then 'make modules', then 'make
modules_install'.
(my personal preference is to do 'make dep bzImage modules modules_install'
all on
one line, and it seems to work just as good).  Once done, copy
arch/i386/boot/bzImage to /boot/vmlinuz-blah.  Update your boot
loader (as in, add a new entry and keep the old one as a fall-back).  And
you're good
to go.

Natman

<snip>

Just out of curiosity...is the write support really that bad? I've been
temped to try this on my Win/Lin dual-boot machine but I don't want to*
up Windows (at least in this case <insert joke here>).

A lot of people seem to think so, and there is danger involved.  In my
personal experience, I've never had problems with it, but that doesn't mean
you won't.
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Tried the write support on my dual boot of RH and Win2k. It worked,
untill i rebooted and found that I was locked out of those files.
Resetting the permissions in windows was for the birds, i ended locking
myself out of all the files. From what I have read and heard it is
basicly luck if you dont*something up. Who knows.