How to enable NTFS support on CentOS Linux version 5 or 6? How do I mount ntfs partition under RHEL 5 or 6?
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First, you need to install
EPEL repo as described here. The following command will turn in 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
# rpm -ivh 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.
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.
How Do I Install NTFS-3G?
Type the following command as root user:
# yum install ntfs-3g
Sample outputs:
yum install ntfs-3g
Loaded plugins: product-id, rhnplugin, subscription-manager
Updating Red Hat repositories.
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package ntfs-3g.x86_64 2:2011.4.12-3.el6 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
===============================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
===============================================================================
Installing:
ntfs-3g x86_64 2:2011.4.12-3.el6 epel 247 k
Transaction Summary
===============================================================================
Install 1 Package(s)
Total download size: 247 k
Installed size: 624 k
Is this ok [y/N]:
How Do I Find Out NTFS Partition Name?
Simply type the following command:
# fdisk -l /dev/sda
# fdisk -l /dev/sdb
Sample outputs:
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xf0000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 13 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 14 60802 488281089 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 14 59767 479970304 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 59767 60802 8309760 82 Linux swap / Solaris
How Do I Mount /dev/sda1 NTFS Partition at /mnt/ntfs?
First, load the fuse driver, enter:
# modprobe fuse
Create a mount point, enter:
# mkdir /mnt/ntfs
To 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:
$ df -h
$ mount
$ cd /mnt/ntfs
$ cp foo /tmp
How Do I Unmount NTFS Partition?
Type the following command:
# umount /mnt/ntfs
