On Jun 24, 2004 at 09:30, Norman LeCouvie in a soothing rage wrote: [even more top posting rearranged] >ne... wrote: > >>On Jun 24, 2004 at 08:55, Norman LeCouvie in a soothing rage wrote: >>[more top posting rearranged] >> >>>ne... wrote: >>>>On Jun 23, 2004 at 21:19, Norman LeCouvie in a soothing rage wrote: >>>>>Thanks jeff. >>>>> >>>>>My kernel is as follows; >>>>> >>>>>2.6.5-1.358.8kstacks >>>>> >>>>>not >>>>> >>>>>2.6.5-1.358 >>>>> >>>>>as I had to chnage it to allow for my wireless adapter. >>>>> >>>>>When I load the 2.6.5-1.358 kernel at boot it works fine, when I use the >>>>>top one it does not. >>>>> >>>>>Does this make sense? >>>>Let's try this instead. No guarantees it will work. >>>>Log in as root and 'cd /lib/modules'. You should have >>>>at least two directories: 2.6.5-1.358 & 2.6.5-1.358.8kstacks. >>>>Do a 'mkdir -p 2.6.5-1.358.8kstacks/kernel/fs/ntfs/ >>>>Then 'cp 2.6.5-1.358/kernel/fs/ntfs/ntfs.ko \ >>>>2.6.5-1.358.8kstacks/kernel/fs/ntfs/' Everything between >>>>single quotes should be types on one line. Next add >>>>'/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358.8kstacks/kernel/fs/ntfs/ntfs.ko:' >>>>to 2.6.5-1.358.8kstacks/modules.dep using your fav. editor >>>>on a line all by itself. >>>> >>>I almost missed the \ in the following >>> >>>cp 2.6.5-1.358/kernel/fs/ntfs/ntfs.ko \2.6.5-1.358.8kstacks/kernel/fs/ntfs >>> >>The line should be: >>cp 2.6.5-1.358/kernel/fs/ntfs/ntfs.ko 2.6.5-1.358.8kstacks/kernel/fs/ntfs >> >>>Where will I be able to find the mounted directory for windows, or do I >>>still have to mount it manually like I did witht he original kernel? >>> >>If it is in you /etc/fstab with an 'auto' in there, then it should >>be mounted at boot else you would have to mount it manually. >thanks, I fixed the cp line > >I used the following mount command when in the original kernel. > >mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/windows -t ntfs -r > >but it will not work here, also attached is my fstab file, where would >the auto go? Your fstab will need a line like: /dev/hda2 /mnt/windows ntfs auto,users,ro 0 0 Before mounting try '/sbin/modprobe ntfs' and see whether that gives any errors. N.Emile... -- Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org) Switch to: http://www.speakeasy.net/refer/190653 "One day I woke up and discovered that I was in love with tripe." -- Tom Anderson 08:41:09 up 15:21, 4 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00