using ntfs-3g

[vengeance]

well i d/led the fuse and ntfs-3g for x86_64 from the official repositories.i installed it thru YAST and when i tried to execute the command

mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda5 /mnt/winxp

it gives an error sayin ntfs-3g unknown filesystem.
an interesting thing is when i tried 2 install frm terminal it says failed dependencies but i already have fuse installed coz i checked it in chkconfig
.is there ne way 2 check whether ntfs-3g is installed properly?
need ur help guys in setting up ntfs-3g?
thanking you in advance

[kevkim55]

Check your kernel config and make sure FUSE support is included.

Try the command:

locate mount.ntfs-3g

Make sure mount.ntfs-3g exists. If it doesn't, try reinstalling ntfs-3g.

Just to make sure if ntfs-3g would work for you, execute the following command:

ntfs-3g /dev/sda5 /mnt/winxp

Post the error if any.

[vengeance]

Thanks for your help kevkim55,

well it worked but i had to d/l the ntfs-3g source code the rpm's of both fuse and ntfs-3g didn't seem to work.
Also,i configured fuse using

#./configure --disable-kernel-module

should i install the kernel source package???
now the

mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda5 /mnt/winxp

works but it gives me this warning

WARNING: Deficient Linux kernel detected. Some driver features are
not available (swap file on NTFS, boot from NTFS by LILO), and
unmount is not safe unless it's made sure the ntfs-3g process
naturally terminates after calling 'umount'. If you wish this
message to disappear then you should upgrade to at least kernel
version 2.6.20, or request help from your distribution to fix
the kernel problem. The below web page has more information:
NTFS-3G Read/Write Driver Support

should i update the kernel from kernel.org???

[kevkim55]

If you're keen to compile your own kernel, you better download the source code thru' Yast repos. kernel.org hosts vanilla flavors and I'm not sure whether you;ll be able to download kernel sources for SuSE. I'd suggest you download from Yast repos as, SuSE patches its kernel quite generously (probaly integrating yast support into the kernel itself). If you download from kernel.org you would lose those functionalities unless you locate the patches and apply yourselves.

Hence, dl from Yast repos and compile yourself including FUSE support. Well, I was thinking that, SuSE kernels include FUSE support at least in module form !! You can confirm it by looking into your /boot/config-<kernel-version>.

If you find out that, precompiled SuSE kernels include FUSE support, you can simply upgrade your kernel thru' Yast. That is, if you don't want to compile it yourself !

[vengeance]

fristly,thanks and sry for the late reply

Well, I was thinking that, SuSE kernels include FUSE support at least in module form !! You can confirm it by looking into your /boot/config-<kernel-version>.

well the opensuse dvd has a package of FUSE supported by kernel 2.6.18 .btw what's the site to be used as installation source for updating the kernel