NTFS-3G + Ntfsprogs

NTFS-3G is a stable, full-featured, read-write NTFS driver for Linux, Android, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenSolaris, QNX, Haiku, and other operating 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. A high-performance alternative, called Tuxera NTFS is available forembedded devices and Mac OS X.The release notes and the software changes can be found on the Release History page. Subscribe here for new release notifications.DownloadThe latest stable version is ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-2013.1.13, released on January 14, 2013.Availability:

Stable Source Release 2013.1.13 Tuxera NTFS for Mac (fastest)

FreeBSD FreshPorts NTFS-3G for Mac OS X

NetBSD Package Collection Mac OS X Fink Package

Haiku Source Repository Mac OS X MacPorts

QNX Portal

InstallationLinux: Most distributions include and use NTFS-3G by default. Please use that one unless it’s anold version. If you wish to install NTFS-3G from the source code then make sure you have installed the basic development tools (gcc compiler, libc-dev libraries). Then type:./configuremake

make install  # or ' sudo make install ' if you aren't root

Non-Linux: Please see the OS specific installation and source packages above.

UsageIf there was no error during installation then the NTFS volume can be mounted in read-write mode for everybody as follows. Unmount the volume if it had already been mounted, replace /dev/sda1 and /mnt/windows, if needed.

mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows

Please see the NTFS-3G Manual for more options and examples.You can also make NTFS to be mounted during boot by adding the following line to the end of the /etc/fstab file:

/dev/sda1 /mnt/windows ntfs-3g defaults 0 0

I got the same issue and solved on my production and test servers . I use rhel 5.5 and 5.7 64 bit... 

1. Installed the attached rpms.. 

2. checked the device through... fdisk -l eg: /dev/sdb1. 

3. made a directory in /mnt and granted full permissions... 

mkdir -p /mnt/ntfs chmod 777 /mnt/ntfs 

4. used the following command... 

mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /mnt/ntfs ( sometime if this not work, we need to mount it forcefully) 

mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /mnt/ntfs -o force. 

5.Task accomplished... 

I tried for 32 bit with 32 bit rpms but doesnt work for me...worked only on 64 bit... 

Try once I think it will work for sure... 

How Do I Access or Mount Windows/USB NTFS Partition in RHEL/CentOS/Fedora

By Ravi Saive Under: CentOS, Fedora, Linux Commands, RedHat On: February 7, 2013

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Sometimes it may happens in some stage, you may have to access data on a Windowspartition, USB device or any similar device. Today most of the modern Linux systems automatically recognize and mount any disks.However, in some occasions where you may required to configure your system manually to mount ntfs partitions on your Linux system. Specially when you are using dual boot operating environment. Fortunately, this process is not so complicated task its just very fairly straight forward.

How to mount Windows NTFS Partition in LinuxThis article explains you on how to access or mount Windows XP, Vista NTFS or USBfilesystem using the ‘mount‘ command in RHEL/CentOS/Fedora systems.

How to Mount Windows NTFS Partition in Linux

First you need to enable EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) Repository. You may refer the article on how to enable EPEL Repository under RHEL, CentOS and Fedorasystems.To mount any NTFS based filesystem, you need to install a tool called NTFS3G. Before heading up for installation let’s understand NTGS3G.What is NTFS3GNTFS3G is an open source cross-platform, stable, GPL licensed, POSIX, NTFS R/W driver used in Linux. It provides safe handling of Windows NTFS file systems viz create, remove, rename, move files, directories, hard links, etc.Once EPEL is installed and enabled, let’s install ntfs-3g package using the below command with root user.

# yum -y install ntfs-3g

Fuse InstallNext, install and load FUSE driver to mount detected devices with below command. FUSE module is included in the kernel itself in version 2.6.18-164 or newer.

# yum install fuse

# modprobe fuse

Identify NTFS PartitionOnce fuse module is loaded, type below command to find out NTFS Partitions in Linux.

# fdisk -l

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System

/dev/sdb1 1 21270 7816688 b W95 FAT32

Mount NTFS partitionFirst create a mount point to mount the NTFS partition.

# mkdir /mnt/nts

Simply run the following command to mount the partition. Replace sda1 with your actual partition found.

# mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/nts

Once it’s mounted on /mnt/ntfs, you may use regular Linux ls -l command to list the content of mounted filesystem.

[root@tecmint ntfs]# ls -l

total 27328

drwx------. 2 root root 16384 Sep 2 19:37 Cert

drwx------. 20 root root 16384 Aug 24 2011 club_application

drwx------. 6 root root 16384 Aug 11 15:37 docs

drwx------. 7 root root 16384 Jul 31 2012 Downloads

drwx------. 2 root root 16384 Dec 10 20:28 images

-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 31744 Jan 18 00:29 Material List.doc

If you want to make mount point permanent at the boot time, then simple add the following line at the end of /etc/fstab file. This will remain as permanent.

/dev/sda1 /mnt/usb ntfs-3g defaults 0 0

Umount NTFS PartitionSimply, use the following command to unmount the mounted partition.