Trouble mounting NTFS drive on Mac OS X

[Candlelight]

I get this:

/library/filesystems/fuse.fs/support/fusefs.kext failed to load- (libkern/kext) link error; check the system/ kernel logs for errors or try kextutil(8). The MacFUSE file system is not available (71)

Am running Mac OS X 10.6.7, all latest updates.
Macbook Pro 2011, 2.0GHz 15" i7.
NTFS-3G (v2010.10.2) and MacFUSE (v2.1.5 ) installed.

I've seen this error quite a bit on the nets. Just wondering if it's a bug that's crept up in a 10.6.6 or 10.6.7 update...? I used to have my bootcamp drive mounted side by side on my old machine, but now it just doesn't want to know.

 

[Timby]

Mac OS doesn't have native NTFS read / write, does it? What utility are you using?

 

[Candlelight]

As I said, MacFUSE and NTFS-3G. Both have worked in the past. Now suddenly they don't want to know.

Might just uninstall and reinstall.

 

[Candlelight]

Mac OS doesn't have native NTFS read / write, does it? What utility are you using?

Well, 10.6 does (not by default but can be enabled) but it's very buggy. Trigger kernel panics most of the time.

 

[Candlelight]

Uninstalled them both. Windows popped up on the desktop (read only, obviously).

Reinstalled them, Windows boot camp vanishes, same error.

Grrrr.

 

[Candlelight]

Solved the issue:

Macbook Pros from 2011 ship with the 64bit Kernel, and MacFUSE below v2.1.9 doesn't support 64bit.

Tell anyone that has this issue.