unknown filesystem type ntfs

[Pranshu Nahar]

Thanks a lot Sean....I ll keep in mind the post thing next time...

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Sean McNamara <smcnam at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 4:59 AM, Pranshu Nahar <pranshu24 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello friends,
> > I am working on Beagleboard.But I can access the files from a FAT32 file
> > system pendrive but I am unable to play a pendrive with NTFS filesystem.
> >
> > I get the following error:"unknown filesystem type ntfs "
>
> FYI, this question is completely unrelated to gstreamer.
>
> There are two ways to access NTFS filesystems on Linux (that I know of):
>
> 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS-3G
>
> 2. There's an in-kernel read-only `ntfs' driver. It's in the mainline
> Linux kernel so all you have to do is flip on the config option and
> recompile. Or maybe you already have the driver but you haven't loaded
> it; try
>
> # modprobe ntfs
>
> But keep in mind that the in-kernel driver is READ ONLY, so if you
> want read/write, you MUST use ntfs-3g.
> http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-download/
>
> Please try to diagnose your problems first and post them to a relevant
> list, as filesystem drivers on embedded systems is a pretty far
> stretch away from a media framework...
>
>
> Sean
>
> >
> > Do I need to upgrade the kernel with ntfs support??
> > If yes,please tell me how ?I am completely new to this kernel development
> > part ..
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