NTFS support (mounting Windows partition)
Open the terminal
- Type: su
- Hit enter
- Type your root password
- Hit enter
- Type: uname -r -p
(This will output your kernel version and processor type)
Open Firefox. Go to http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm/fedora3.html and download (save to disk) the appropriate NTFS RPM for your kernel version and processor type
- With the root terminal still open
- type: rpm -ivh *.rpm
- Hit enter
- Wait for the installation to complete
- Type: rm *.rpm
- Hit enter
- Type "y" and hit enter
- Type: su -Hit enter
- Type: mkdir /mnt/windows
- Hit enter
- Type: /sbin/fdisk -l
- Hit enter
This will output your HPFS/NTFS partition identifier
- Type: gedit /etc/fstab
- Type the following in gedit: /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs ro,defaults,umask=0222 0 0
- If your partition identifier is not "/dev/hda1" substitute the correct characters. (For example it might be "/dev/sda1" if you have a SATA drive.)
- Click the "save" icon in gedit and exit gedit.
- Close the terminal
- Reboot
Your Windows partition should now be available in the file browser under "/mnt/windows".
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