reading ntfs with redhat 9.0

[Cat Chapman]

I don't know much when it comes to Redhat distros... but isn't there an 
RPM package or something that gives you NTFS-capabilities?
Anyways, you could always reformat the drive to FAT32. I've had no 
problems reading/writing to FAT32 filesystems under Linux. It is 
possible to convert the filesystem from NTFS to FAT using software like 
PartitionMagic under Windows. PMagic isn't cheap, but I don't think I 
know anyone that's actually payed for it. ;)
You could always use a LiveCD like Knoppix to read the files and write 
them to the Redhat filesystem. Just a thought.

betty wrote:
> i backed up all my files to an ext hdd last month. the ntfs files from 
> the  m$ computer are just my photos. i was hoping to 'read' them with 
> my redhat 9 computer in the mountains over this summer, BUT apparently 
> i need to get a tar.gz file or something for RH to read ntfs. :(
> is there an easier way to do the same thing? like maybe i should 
> re-save them as fat files or something?
> thanks
>