mounting ntfs volume in RHEL5

Linux and Unix-Like Red Hat
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Need a little help here.

I am having trouble mounting an NTFS volume in RHEL5, here are the commands.

root # mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /media/my-volume
FATAL: Module fuse not found.
ntfs-3g-mount: fuse device is missing, try 'modprobe fuse' as root
root # modprobe fuse
FATAL: Module fuse not found.

Thank You.

2

You need to enable FUSE in the kernel config and compile a new kernel.
It can be found in menuconfig as:

3

The fuse kernel module is not loaded on your system. modprobe is failing, because it cannot find kernel module.

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FUSE: Filesystem in Userspace

4

Red, where is menuconfig located?

5

If you're not depending on something added from RH addition to drivers and such, just fetch the vanilla kernel source from ftp.kernel.org convinient located at linux-2.6.33

Copy your "normal configuration" ie: cp /boot/config-`uname -r` /where_you_ve_unpacked_the_vanilla_kernel/.config

and chenge to that directory, issue "make menuconfig" and assure the FUSE addition has been made.

Then issue:

make
make modules_install
make install
mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.6.33.img 2.6.33
cp .config /boot/config-2.6.33
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.33
cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.33
ln -s /boot/System.map-2.6.33 /boot/System.map

If, this is causing any trouble, please follow the Instructions for compiling a kernel under RH5, making sure that you've enabled the FUSE module.

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You have to install FUSE module manually 1st ,then install ntfs-3g ,then only u can mount the ntfs filesystem .
Or you may use repositories of rpmforge/epel to install them through yum .