Mount NTFS File System on Linux

Written By smart| 17 June 2009| No Comment

The NTFS-3G driver is an open source, freely available read/write NTFS driver for Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, NetBSD, and Haiku. It provides safe and fast handling of the Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 and Windows Vista file systems. Most POSIX file system operations are supported, with the exception of full file ownership and access right support.

Click here to download NFTS-3G

Steps to Install :

admin@smartproteam$cd ntfs-3g-XX.XX (note : x refers the version you have downloaded )
admin@smartproteam$./configure
admin@smartproteam$ make
admin@smartproteam$ make check
admin@smartproteam$ make install

Steps to how to use :
Check your disk partition

admin@smartproteam$fdisk -l

It shows the list of mounted drives

Create mount directory

admin@smartproteam$mkdir -p /mnt/folder1

Put into RC file /etc/rc.d/rc.local (load automatically when reboot)

admin@smartproteam$mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/folder1

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