NTFS RPMs for Fedora & RedHat

Linux-NTFS Project

Info

• News
• About
• Instructions
• Release Notes 2.4
• Release Notes 2.6
• Help
• Build Your Own
• Contact the Maintainer

Downloads

• Fedora 4
• Fedora 3
• Fedora 2
• Fedora 1
• RHEL 4
• RHEL 3
• RedHat 9
• RedHat 8
• RedHat 7
• Source Code
• Contrib

NTFS RPM Release Notes for Linux 2.6

Contents

1. Audience
2. Features
3. Limitations
4. Unsupported
5. Credits
6. Links
7. Contribute

Audience

These release notes are for people using one of these versions of Linux:

• Fedora Core release 3 (Heidelberg)
• Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (Nahant)

If you aren't certain which version you have, you can find out with this command:

    cat /etc/redhat-release
          

Features

• New NTFS Driver
• Mount NTFS Volumes
• Works with all cluster sizes
• Solid read support
• Traverse directories
• Read ordinary files
• Read fragmented files
• Read sparse files
• Read compressed files
• SMP / Pre-emptive safe

Limitations

Very limited write support

This driver contains SAFE, but very limited, write support. It is safe, because of its limitations. It can only overwrite existing data. The ntfscp tool in the ntfsprogs package can be used to safely overwrite data.

No size changes, file / directory creation / deletion / rename

This driver cannot change the size of files. It cannot create files or directories. It cannot delete files or directories. It cannot rename files or directories.

No Quota, ACLs, Alternate data streams

There is not support in the NTFS driver for Quotas, ACLs or Alternate data streams.

Unsupported

These NTFS RPMs are only for users of Fedora or RedHat kernels. Each kernel module is tailored for precisely one kernel - this is why the instructions are so important.

If you obtained your kernel from some other vendor, these RPMs will not work, they could even crash your machine. If you have such a kernel and you need NTFS support, you will have to ask your vendor for help.

Credits

This Linux NTFS driver would not exist without the hard work of:

• Anton Altaparmakov
• Richard Russon

Links

Instructions

A simple guide, which shows you how to find the right NTFS RPM and how to install it.

Help

A list of common problems, and simple solutions, when downloading or installing the NTFS RPM.

FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

Everything you ever needed to know about NTFS. e.g. How to mount an NTFS Volume; how to change the permissions; how to mount the volume automatically at boot time.

Build your own NTFS RPM

If you would like the fun and adventure of building your own NTFS RPMs, you can follow These Simple Instructions.

Compile your own kernel

There is also a more detailed guide to compiling your own kernel.

NTFSProgs - Tools to do neat things to an NTFS Volume

With these tools you can change the volume label, resize a volume, recover a deleted file and more, all from within Linux.

NTFSProgs - Manual Pages

The manual pages describe how to use all the tools.

Contribute

There are only a few of us working on this project, so progress it slow. We'd like to help everyone, but there simply isn't time. You could help the project in lots of ways and every bit of help would leave us more free time to work on the driver.

Help us write code

We need to write lots of code to get write support working. It's going to take us a long time. NTFS is a very complicated filesystem, but we have documented most of what we know.

Help us test

This is a very important job and not a simple one either. Testing a filesystem, or tools, needs careful thought.

Help manage us

Our group consists of two main programmers and a few helpers. We often get offers of help, but it takes more time to help them get started than we get back in return. We need someone to organise our resources.

Help us maintain the website

The website contains a lot of diverse information. It's not well organised and needs someone to

Help us write documentation

There is a world shortage of good documentation. When it does get written it's often by a programmer who cannot see things from a beginner's perspective.

Help us translate the documentation

Linux is being used by millions of people in so many different countries. By translating some of our documentation into your native language, you can make beginners feel more confident.

Make a donation

If you don't have the time, or skills, to contribute, consider making a financial difference to the lives of the NTFS developers. Anything from the cost of a beer, upwards, would make us happy and more productive. There is a link at the top of this page.

If you think you can help, please contact me.