unknown filesystem type ntfs

[Pranshu Nahar]

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Pranshu Nahar <pranshu24 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks a lot Sean....I ll keep in mind the post thing next time...I posted
> it by mistake here....
>
>
> 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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