Bug 51620

Summary:	ntfs module missing from kernel and /lib/modules
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	p929001
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Arjan van de Ven <arjanv>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	7.1	CC:	amb, djuran
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Description p929001 2001-08-13 07:35:24 UTC

Description of Problem: Support for NTFS filesystem seems not to be
included in the kernel (ntfs.o does not exist, mounts fail)

How Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1a. mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt/win2k
1b. insmod ntfs

Actual Results:
a. mount: fs type ntfs not supported by kernel
b. insmod: ntfs: no module by that name found

Expected Results: (/mnt/win2k mounted)

Additional Information:
Using standard updated RedHat 7.1 kernel (2.4.3-12), updated by up2date.
ntfs.o is not listed as part of any recent kernel (RedHat 5.1 and up), so
it is not intended as part of the kernel? However, the Filesystems-HOWTO,
section 5.4
(http://www.europe.redhat.com/documentation/HOWTO/Filesystems-HOWTO-5.php3)
states that it is part of the official kernel.

Comment 1 Arjan van de Ven 2001-08-13 10:37:28 UTC

At the time of the 7.1 release, the NTFS driver was VERY broken. It oopsed the
kernel and also corrupted the filesystem, even in READ ONLY mode.

Comment 2 Peter Fales 2001-11-02 19:44:20 UTC

Is this still true?  Could it be included in RedHat 7.2?  This is one of the
"high-runner" difficulties
in gettin Linux rolled out to more of our PC users.   Read-only access would be
better than
nothing, though I agree that not corrupting user file system is the highest
priority.