how to boot linux and mount ntfs?

Hi All,

I would like to use a linux installation DVD-ROM (Fedora 5) to boot my
machine and mount the NTFS on my harddisk.

I tried to boot it in "linux rescue" mode and access to the command
line. but I am not able to mount the NTFS. It seems like the ntfs
modules is not loaded to kernel yet. Then, I downloaded ntfs-kernel-
modules.rpm file and save it in a usb drive. I tried to install it
after boot in rescue mode but I got /lib/modules is a read-only file
system.

Any hints?

Penguin staggered into the Black Sun and said:
> I would like to use a linux installation DVD-ROM (Fedora 5) to boot my
> machine and mount the NTFS [filesystems] on my disk.

The Fedora 5 CD-R is mostly intended to install Fedora 5 (which is 4
revisions behind the times now). Using it for any other purpose is a
bad idea. If you want a much better generic rescue system/LiveCD, take
a look at http://www.sysresccd.org/ . Recent versions of this distro
have ntfs-3g, which is fairly nice.

> I tried to boot it in "linux rescue" mode and access to the command
> line. but I am not able to mount the NTFS [partitions]. It seems like
> the ntfs modules [are] not loaded yet. Then, I downloaded [the]
> ntfs-kernel- modules.rpm file and [saved] it [to] a usb drive.

Wrong approach. See first paragraph.

> Any hints?

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