Feb 10, 2011

How to mount NTFS partition/drive in Redhat/CentOS/Fedora Linux

Hi all,
 
Download latest "ntfs-3g" stable version from www.tuxera.com

or click the following link. (Direct download)



1. Please copy " ntfs-3g-2010.10.2.tgz" file to "/opt" folder.

 
2. Install the software
Open Terminal (root user privilege)
  #tar -xvf  ntfs-3g-2010.10.2.tgz
  #./configure
  #make
  #make install
 
3. mount drive
#cd /mnt
#mkdir ntfs_drive
(Note: can give any name instead of ntfs_drive)
#mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /mnt/ntfs_drive 
(sdb1 could be some thing else For example: sdc1, sdd2, or hdc1, hdb1...etc)

4. unmount the drive
#umount /mnt/ntfs_drive
 
Please provide the feedback.