9.5
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- System requirements
- Installation
- Using The Driver
- Mount options
- Additional Utilities
- Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting processes
- Mount troubleshooting
- The install.sh script can’t find kernel sources
- Can’t compile the NTFS/HFS+ for Linux driver
- “Can’t load module” message at the end of installation
- ufsd module: kernel-module version mismatch
- ufsd module: create_module: operation is not permitted
- insmod: a module named as ufsd already exists
- insmod: Unknown symbol jnl_op (err0)
- Can’t mount NTFS/HFS+ volume
- Hardware issues
- Sysdump utility
- UFSD driver compatibility
- Frequently Asked Questions
- What are 'minor errors' reported by chkntfs utility?
- Warnings on Windows7/Vista when NTFS HDD is reconnected from Linux
- Recently changed file has its modification time a few hours ahead of or behind the current system time. Why?
- Why does mount option A make driver ignore mount option B?
- Does the driver have an optimization for avoiding data fragmentation?
- Why a lot of memory is used for volume mounting?
- Why the disk can't be dismounted?
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3 Installation
This section describes workflows related to installing and using Paragon NTFS&HFS+ for Linux driver.
3.1 Shipment
The setup files for each product of the family are provided as the downloadable TGZ archives, which
can be downloaded from the company site.
3.2 Components
The package includes the following components:
• Source files for the NTFS&HFS+ for Linux driver;
• Assistant script files, which are purposed to simplify the installation and uninstallation routines;
• Source files for additional utilities (for Professional edition only);
• Source files for DKMS library support (for Professional edition only);
• Source files for automatic mounting integration (for Professional edition only).
Paragon NTFS&HFS+ Linux driver and utilities must be compiled on the end user’s system for correct
configuration. By installing the software you accept the terms of End User License Agreement listed
in License file.
3.3 Installing driver
First, NTFS&HFS+ driver must be built and installed.
Steps to install the NTFS&HFS+ for Linux driver are as follows:
1. Log in as root. This step is obligatory;
2. Build and install the Paragon NTFS&HFS+ for Linux 9.5 using install.sh script. Alternatively,
driver binary module may be built manually using ’configure’ ’make driver’ commands.
3. Install the NTFS & HFS+ driver (this step will make the modules available for use);
4. Activating (loading) the driver. After building and installing, the NTFS & HFS+ driver can be refer-
enced as “universal file system driver” (ufsd) when mounting NTFS and HFS+ partitions.
The steps 1-3 should be made only once while the step 4 is the standard way of using file system
drivers in Linux environment.
NTFS & HFS+ for Linux include a set of assistant script files for the simplification of building, installing
and uninstalling procedures. Note that these assistant scripts may fail to work in customized Linux
configurations or unsupported Linux distributions. Use install.sh and uninstall.sh script files
to install and uninstall (correspondingly) NTFS & HFS+ driver and utilities. The sections below de-
scribe the installation procedure in details.
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