[ILUG] Problem mounting NT partition (hpfs)

[lbedford at wbtsystems.com]

On Wed, Mar 01, 2000 at 11:33:54AM +0000, Cormac McClean wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am unable to mount an NT partition from Linux on a dual boot
> Linux-NT machine.
> 
> I can do it on my own PC which is Linux-Win98 as
> 	mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /windows
> 
> but when I try it on the dual boot Linux-NT machine
> 	mount -t hpfs /dev/hda1 /winnt
> it gives me the error
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda1 
> or too many file systems
> 
> I have checked in NT that the fs type is hpfs.
Which version of NT? NT 4 doesn't support hpfs, it's ntfs (it
uses the same partition ID though).

Redhat doesn't come with NTFS reading ability. You need to get the
kernel sources and rebuild them with that feature turned on.

Regards
L.
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Liam Bedford						System Administrator
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