FC2R2 Cannot mount NTFS

[VB]

I know about the limited write support, but why then
can I not mount the NTFS partition read-only?

--- Chris Kloiber <ckloiber at ckloiber.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-04-15 at 12:57, VB wrote:
> > I installed Fedora Core 2 Test 2 and configured
> the
> > kernel with NTFS support but I get the following:
> > 
> > [root at localhost root]# mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1
> > /windows
> > mount: block device /dev/hda1 is write-protected,
> > mounting read-only
> > mount: cannot mount block device /dev/hda1
> read-only
> > 
> > Is this an issue with Fedora Test 2? I've always
> used
> > the NTFS rpms for NTFS support before 2.6 kernel.
> 
> In-kernel NTFS write support is not available beyond
> editing existing
> files, and not changing their size by even one byte
> (according to the
> help available during make config).  If you want
> real read-write
> support, I heard there's a project out there to wrap
> around the Windows
> .DLL responsible for handling NTFS. I don't recall
> the name, so Google
> is your friend.
> 
> -- 
> Chris Kloiber
> 
> 
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