On Monday 17 April 2006 07:50, Claude Jones wrote: >On Mon April 17 2006 12:49 am, Gene Heskett wrote: >> specifically, I've downloaded the >> >> kernel-module-ntfs-2.6.16-1.2080_FC5-2.1.26-0.rr.10.5.i686.ko >> >> So that I might be able to mount the ntfs XP partition and find the >> driver this Broadcom BCM4318 radio uses and drag it over for linux >> to use. >> >> So 3 questions. >> 1. That seems like an awfully long name for what should be ntfs.ko >> So what do I name it? >> >> 2. The FC5 /lib/modules/version/kernel tree has lots more places to >> hide things so I haven't the foggiest what I should name it, or >> where I should but it. And I assume I should do a depmod -a version >> when I do move it in. >> So where do I put it? > >Maybe you're over-complicating matters: >yum install kernel-module-ntfs-$(uname -r) >Make sure you have the Livna repo configured and enabled before you > run that command. This should download the ntfs driver and kernel > module appropriate to your system and install everything. It should > also configure it to be loaded automatically when you boot... > Usually, this just works. The livna page > http://rpm.livna.org/kernel-modules.html has more help for other > situations. >Can't speak to your question about whether the Windows driver on your > machine is 64 bit, and if so, whether it will work - maybe you'll > just have to try it, or maybe someone else already has and will chime > in. I did find both the ntfs module (its now named kmod, not kernel-module), and got it, also the ndiswrapper rpm, which I'll use rather than the tarball I've already built and installed. But the $32 question is how do I make yum work with livna? >-- >Claude Jones >Bluemont, VA, USA -- Cheers, Gene People having trouble with vz bouncing email to me should add the word 'online' between the 'verizon', and the dot which bypasses vz's stupid bounce rules. I do use spamassassin too. :-) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
