FC1 2.6 kernel, cannot mount NTFS?

Michael Ferguson michael.ferguson at mailsnare.net
Thu Apr 15 17:32:01 UTC 2004


>>>[root at localhost root]# mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1
>>>/windows
>>>mount: cannot mount block device /dev/hda1
>>
>>read-only
>>
>>> 
>>>
>>
>>This is perfectly normal, ntfs is supported as
>>read-only.
>>If you try to write to an ntfs partition from
>>another filesystem, you do 
>>this at your own risks.
>>HTH
>>Thierry
>>
> 
> 
> I don't understand how this tells me why I can't mount.
> 

Try feeding the mount command the read only option to explicitly mount 
the partition read only.  From memory it's "mount -o ro" or "mount -r" 
but I'd check the man page first.  I can never remember the options and 
get my options between different platforms mixed up all the time.





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