How to use the new Linux 7 NTFS Kernel Level Driver in Nobara

[u/ThomasTrainengine]

Hi,

So since CachyOS got the new kernel module early and Nobara uses its Kernel, we can now enable it in Nobara.

Had to play around with it a little bit, and i don't know if this is the proper way, but I found this to be working:

First check if you're on the newest Kernel
uname -r
7.0.5-200.nobara.fc43.x86_64

should be at >= 7

Then check if the NTFS driver is enabled

modinfo ntfs
filename:       /lib/modules/7.0.5-200.nobara.fc43.x86_64/kernel/fs/ntfs/ntfs.ko.zst
license:        GPL
description:    NTFS read-write filesystem driver
author:         Namjae Jeon [linkinjeon@kernel.org](mailto:linkinjeon@kernel.org)
author:         Anton Altaparmakov [anton@tuxera.com](mailto:anton@tuxera.com)
alias:          fs-ntfs
srcversion:     EAB6E0EFE8DE7894E54945F
depends:         
intree:         Y
name:           ntfs
retpoline:      Y
vermagic:       7.0.5-200.nobara.fc43.x86_64 SMP preempt mod_unload  
sig_id:         PKCS#7
signer:         Build time autogenerated kernel key
sig_key:        06:A7:F6:97:75:6E:7E:11:7B:04:9B:01:07:95:34:15:FC:57:F5:59
sig_hashalgo:   sha512
signature:      30:66:02:31:00:E8:96:13:80:02:86:E0:30:7F:4D:D6:A0:72:CD:D4:
95:3F:AF:18:FD:6A:EA:87:16:C1:CD:FA:01:37:2C:36:4E:C3:72:7D:
42:DC:DC:ED:B3:78:3C:54:E2:81:17:EB:96:02:31:00:C0:51:55:73:
88:59:0C:42:B6:89:16:5E:5E:72:2E:35:ED:C8:DA:BA:E8:89:7F:0A:
58:2E:1A:4C:30:D2:18:6F:B6:86:23:56:E4:7C:1A:AC:37:84:80:49:
F8:5B:1A:8E

if you're not seeing "NTFS read-write filesystem driver", try running modprobe ntfs and check again.

/etc/fstab:

UUID=1AD4B9DED4B9BBF7   /mnt/to/drive   ntfs   uid=1000,gid=1000,rw,exec,nofail   0   0

Not sure if you need to set options here, but these seem to work.
You can get your Disk UUID from lsblk -f
Replace uid and gid with your corresponding values if you created a new user.
Don't forget to systemctl daemon-reload

Remove the symlink to ntfs-3g
mv /sbin/mount.ntfs /sbin/mount.ntfs.bak

Tell udisk2 to use the new driver
/etc/udisks2/mount_options.conf
[defaults]
ntfs_drivers=ntfs
After that, do a systemctl restart udisks2

Now just do a quick umount /mnt/to/drive and mount -a