I needed to recover data from a crashed hard drive. Problem is, the data is on NTFS partition, and FC3 doesn’t support NTFS out of the box.<\/p>\n
Here’s how to enable it to access NTFS partitions :<\/p>\n
\n### Obtain current kernel version number
\nuname -r<\/p>\n#make VERY sure that the uname output (above) matches the version string (below)
\napt-get install kernel-module-ntfs-2.6.9-1.667<\/p>\n\/sbin\/modprobe ntfs<\/p>\n
# An example on how to mount an NTFS partition
\nmount \/dev\/hdb1 \/mnt\/D_drive -t ntfs -r -o umask=0222\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I like using Fedora Core 3 especially after I was able to get apt to work with it. It enable me to keep the computers up to date (very important nowadays, especially with regards to security updates) with little \/ no work in my part.
\nBut it’s not very obvious on how to set it up on FC3, so here you go :<\/del><\/p>\nI just found out that support for apt has been deprecated for FC3 :
\n[ Merger announcement of Fedora Extras with Fedora Project<\/a> ]<\/p>\nIt’s suggested that you use yum instead of apt. Yum is already included in FC3, and the syntax is quite similar too with apt. It’s quite good actually.<\/p>\n
To get access to loads of (previously known as) Fedora Extras packages, just [ follow the instructions here<\/a> ]<\/p>\n
That’s it for now, I’ll continue to share FC3 tips here inshaAllah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I needed to recover data from a crashed hard drive. Problem is, the data is on NTFS partition, and FC3 doesn’t support NTFS out of the box. Here’s how to enable it to access NTFS partitions : ### Obtain current kernel version number uname -r #make VERY sure that the uname output (above) matches the … Continue reading Fedora Core 3 – some tips<\/span>