two questions

[Jeremy Fowler]

Yes, if the module was compiled. If you don't have NTFS support enabled in the
kernel as a module, it won't compile it.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marvin Bellamy [mailto:Marvin.Bellamy at innovision.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 1:15 PM
> To: Jeremy Fowler; jegilliland at hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: two questions
>
>
> Can't he just load that module?  I think the sequence is (as su):
>
> modprobe ntfs
> depmod -a
> mount -t ntfs <device> <directory>
>
> Jeremy Fowler wrote:
>
> >>Now to my questions.  First, I (think I) know that I have to make changes to
> >>a file (fstab?) to allow mandrake 8.1 to read my windows XP NTFS partition.
> >>Does anyone know what file to change and how to change it?
> >>
> >
> >You will have to check to see if NTFS support is enabled into your kernel.
> >Redhat doesn't by default so you won't be able to even read NTFS until you
> >recompile a new kernel. Check here for more info:
> >http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-ntfs/
> >
> >>I have asked my second question before but have not gotten an answer, so
> >>I'll try again.  How do I uninstall a program that was NOT installed via
> >>RPM?  The program in question is Quake III for linux.
> >>
> >
> >Well, I've never installed Quake III on Linux before, so I can't
> really help you
> >out. However, with any package that uses GNU autoconf and automake
> (Your classic
> >./configure && make && make install). There is a `make uninstall` that should
> >remove everything `make install` creates.
> >
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