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)

http://tuxera.com/opensource/ntfs-3g-2010.10.2.tgz

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

  #cd  ntfs-3g-2010.10.2

  #./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.

Format USB Flash Pendrive with NTFS file system in Windows XP

Hi all,
By default in Windows XP, we cannot find "NTFS" file system while formatting a USB flash pen drive.
(By default This facility is available in Windows Vista and windows 7)

 

But some times it may require to format pen drive with NTFS file system in order to store a (single) file of size more than 4GB.

 

Please follow these steps to format pen drive with NTFS file system in XP.

1. Connect the pen drive.

2. Go to My Computer --> Right Click --> Manage --> Device Manager --> Disk Drives.

3. Right Click Pendrive (Kingston Data Traveller for instance) --> Select Properties --> Policies--> Select Optimize for Performance (2nd Option) --> Click OK.

4. Now, Go to My Computer --> Right Click on Pendrive --> Format 

Now you can find NTFS option as well under File system list.