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Per Christian wrote:
>
> I recently downloaded BasicLinux and installed it, but when 
> I try to mount the harddrive, which is using the NTFS filesystem, 
> I get a message telling me that the kernel don't have support 
> for those filesystems. How can I change that?

To see what filesystems your kernel can mount, do this:
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cat /proc/filesystems
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As you can see, the BL2 kernel does not have NTFS built in.
I think you can add that capability by getting the ntfs.o module
from Slackware 7.1.  You will find it in: /modules/2.2.16/fs.
Copy it to: /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc.  Then:
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insmod ntfs
cat /proc/filesystems
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Is ntfs now in the list?  If so, try your mount command with
this parameter:  -t ntfs

Cheers,
Steven