Enable NTFS support on CentOS Linux version 5 or 6?
Mount ntfs partition under RHEL 5 or 6?
First need to install EPEL repo on RHEL / CentOS version 6.x
# cd /tmp
# wget http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-5.noarch.rpm
# yum install epel-release-6-5.noarch.rpm
NTFS-3G
NTFS-3G is a stable, open source, GPL licensed, POSIX, read/write NTFS driver for Linux.
It provides safe handling of the Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 NTFS file systems.
It provides safe handling of the Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 NTFS file systems.
NTFS-3G can create, remove, rename, move files, directories, hard links, and streams.
it can read and write normal and transparently compressed files, including streams and sparse files.
it can handle special files like symbolic links, devices, and FIFOs, ACL, extended attributes.
moreover it provides full file access right and ownership support.
it can read and write normal and transparently compressed files, including streams and sparse files.
it can handle special files like symbolic links, devices, and FIFOs, ACL, extended attributes.
moreover it provides full file access right and ownership support.
Install NTFS-3G
# yum install ntfs-3g
Find Out NTFS Partition Name
# fdisk -l /dev/sda
# fdisk -l /dev/sdb
# fdisk -l /dev/sdb
How to Mount /dev/sda1 NTFS Partition at /mnt/ntfs
load the fuse driver
# modprobe fuse
Create a mount point
Create a mount point
# modprobe fuse
mount the ntfs partition, enter:
mount the ntfs partition, enter:
# mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/ntfs
You can use regular Unix commands to copy or access the files:
You can use regular Unix commands to copy or access the files:
# df -h
# mount
# cd /mnt/ntfs
# cp test /tmp
