The two Linux Distributions RedHat and Fedora don't support NTFS out of the box, even though many users want NTFS support. This part of the Linux-NTFS Project provides NTFS RPMs for all the free versions of RedHat and Fedora.

RPMs (packages for the RedHat Package Manager) are a common format of precompiled binary packages. If your Linux Distribution is not RedHat or Fedora, though, the RPM packages we provide are not for you and you have to either compile your own NTFS driver, or have to get packages from your Linux Distribution maintainer.

Why doesn't my Distro support NTFS out of the box?

Due to the uncertain legal status of using the NTFS driver, RedHat and Fedora have chosen to leave the NTFS driver out of their kernels.

Level of Support

For the last couple of years, this site has provided NTFS RPMs for RedHat and Fedora users. There is an NTFS RPM for almost every version of every kernel.

If you have a 64-bit machine, or have a non-PC architecture, then you may be able to find an RPM in the contrib section for your distro.

Notes

There is no support for any versions of RedHat older than 7.2, nor for RedHat Enterprise 2. Users of older RedHat versions may be able to use a kernel from RedHat 7.3, users of older Enterprise versions may use a kernel from Enterprise 3.

Fedora Extras

NTFS support is now available from Fedora in two forms: a kernel module (kmod-ntfs); a userspace 'fuse' module (ntfs-3g).

There are many sites showing how to install this support. Two such sites are:

• Personal Fedora Core 6 Installation Guide
• Fedora Core 6 Tips & Tricks