Few questions about fedora!!!

1.my fedora core 5 is not allowing me to access ntfs partitions.when i say mount -t ntfs /dev/hdb /mnt it says unrecognized fortmat 'ntfs'...hoe do i solve this?

2.when i click on add/remove software it gives an error unable to retrive software information....same for software update....what is the problem?

on bouth counts i was logged in as root.

For NTFS follow this
*stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html#NTFS

FC5 doest support NTFS by default due to legal issues.

For the software manager, I think You need to do a Yum Update via terminal and then it should work fine.

legal issues...hmmmmmmmm..but ubuntu mounts ntfs partition automatically...
can u please elaborate on yum update(new to FC%)....thanx ....

Read that link, from beggining

Red Hat has legal issues with MS on NTFS but it isnt explained at all why, its the only distro with no native NTFS support.

@Romeo, You should open the Terminal Window (similar to Command prompt in WIndows)
in Fedora & login as root ( su - ) & follow the instructions given by @Qwerty.
Yum is the Package Manager in Fedora. It's used to install , update or remove
packages.

@jguru
im familiar with terminal...what i wanted to knoe is hhow to use yum??(i know how ti use apt-get in ubuntu)

This is the syntax for Yum:
$ su -
(Enter password)
# yum -y install <package-name>

If you want to work with a GUI Package Manager , type:
# yum - y install yumex

Now wait for the installation to complete.
Yumex is the GUI frontend for Yum (like Synaptic in Ubuntu). You can install
packages using Yumex.
Yum Extender will be available from the menu 'Applications'->'System Tools'

romeo_8693 said:
1.my fedora core 5 is not allowing me to access ntfs partitions.when i say mount -t ntfs /dev/hdb /mnt it says unrecognized fortmat 'ntfs'...hoe do i solve this?

2.when i click on add/remove software it gives an error unable to retrive software information....same for software update....what is the problem?

on bouth counts i was logged in as root.

As for us first part! U wanna mount a partition rt? In this case u give partition number!!!
/dev/hdb is ur second hardisk most probably. So u'll mount it by
"mount -t ntfs /dev/hdbX /mnt"........where X is partition number!
Identify ur parttion number corresponding to ntfs u wanna mount. If its second partition
then X=2.

For ur second problem dont use the add/remove programs thing.U'll face problem with it!
Instead install all the repos first and use "yum update softwarename" !
*stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html
U'll find important repositories here in this site!

@med
that things abt ntfs dint work.....

one more question:
how to install .deb files in fedora???

M

Why do you want to install deb in fedora? It isn't a good thing at all. You should get a rpm file for the same software.

actually i have a xmms .deb file wic was downloaded for ubuntu...just wondered if it can b put to use on fc5....i dnt have net at home...so can i download xmms with mp3 supporty and install it on fc5????

You can convert the '.deb' Debian package to RPM format using 'alien' package.
You shouldn't install '.deb' packages in Fedora!! That's an invitation for trouble!!

romeo_8693 said:
@med
that things abt ntfs dint work.....

Hmmm.....shud have worked. Do u have ntfs drivers installed for FC5? Neways fire up the terminal as root and command "yum -y install *ntfs* ". mount again as I said....It might work!

hey qwerty it worked...thks for the info...