If anyone has some information on how to go about accessing my Windows XP NTFS partition from RedHat 9.0 using the smp kernel please let me know. I'm having a heck of a time getting various files moved over.

I just took a long way around to get my Outlook email moved. LoL I can explain how to do that if anyone wants. (Outlook -> Evolution 1.4)

Thanks.

Hmm.. I've mounted NTFS on RH7.3.. not sure if 9 is any different. Let me grab my linux box and see if it would be the same for both.

Hmm.. how nice of RH, drivers for NTFS are not included in the distribution. So the first thing you need to do is download the NTFS RPMs

http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/info/redhat.html

But it also says this driver is NOT for SMP... can cause problems under high load

EDIT: Also looks like you need to recompile the kernel to load the ntfs module...

That sucks, in 7.3 it only took me a few minutes to edit a line in fstab

Yes it's rather wonderfull that I'm between a rock and a hard place... lol

I may just install Mandrake along side of everything else and then I believe I could move files as needed? Everything I'm doing is the long way around things but I guess it has to be... lol

I believe mandrake is ntfs friendly, at least when I installed mandrake 8 it was How much data are you talking about? If it is just a few gigs, could just burn it on a few CDs and be quicker.

It's time to build your own kernel Dave.

You're better off doing that anyway. I don't have a stock kernel in anything I own or work on. Just remember.... module module module! Get te latest source and have a ball.

Hopefully you are using GRUB. If your machine fails to boot you just boot into the older kernel (you didn't delete it, right?) and fix the new one.

Semi-OT, but which CD file system would be best for Linux/Windows compatibility: ISO9660, Joliet or UDF?

I'll do the CD burning route to get a few things going as quickly as possibly. Thanks.

ISO9660 Dave

Thanks

Yes I'm using Grub.

I will definately be digging in deeper and compiling my own kernel sounds like a good way to get there. LoL (hope I don't end up regretting it)

For now though I just need to get moving as soon as possible. It wasnt untill I hadn't a choice in operating systems did I notice what I was all dependant on in windows. Now finding replacements for them in linux is about over and I may sleep a bit better tonight. LoL

Dave, making your own kernel is SO so easy. And best of all, if you munge it up you just choose a different kernel in the grub options and go back as you were.

As I said, try to make anything a module that you can. makes the kernel smaller, only loads what is neede when needed.

get the source at kernel.org and go to http://kernelnewbies.org/ for instructions.
http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/index.php3#compile that one shows them using lilo there at the end. you're using grub so it's even easier. just edit grub.conf.

Use makemenuconfig by the way. That's the better one to use. You can choose ? for every menu option. It will show a brief desciption and a recommended selection option.

Thanks Nav

On a side note I gave up on using Evolution and have opted for Mozilla's Thunderbird. So far so good. I have everything (emial) moved over and am dealing.

Evolution resembles a lot the look and feel of Outlook and it is fairly similar in terms of functionality etc.

Despite being on Windows I have also dumped Outlook and went to Thunderbird. Much much better program and some of the things that are missing are already being addressed.

Yes I really do like the look/feel of Thunderbird. It's still in the early stages but considering that it's fantastic.