NTFS file system is not supported in RHEL 5 or 6. How do you I enable NTFS support?
To enable NTFS support we need to do a couple of things.
First of all enable the EPEL repo. Click here to learn How to enable the EPEL repo.
Then install the package "ntfs-3g" using yum.
Mounting NTFS partition
First of all find out the ntfs partition using the disk management utility. Use palimpsest or fdisk or some other tools.
On listing my /dev/sda1 is the NTFS partition.
Now decide the mount point (location to mount the partition). Example say /ntfs directory.
Now list the active mountings that are currently in use.
It says that the partition /dev/sda1 is mounted at /ntfs directory.
Ok. Now look at the mount point /ntfs to see the ntfs partition.
Now everything seems to be good in working condition.
Unmounting
Persistent mounting
The above mounting is a temporary mounting, ie it will remain mounted only upto the next system shutdown. Once the system boots the mounting is no more. This type of mounting is called persistent mounting.
For persistent mounting add an entry for the device into the /etc/fstab file system table file.
For mounting an NTFS partition set the file system type as "ntfs".
save and quit.
Now activate the new /etc/fstab file by,
Now our mounting is persistent after system boots.
To enable NTFS support we need to do a couple of things.
First of all enable the EPEL repo. Click here to learn How to enable the EPEL repo.
Then install the package "ntfs-3g" using yum.
[root@localhost ~]# yum list ntfs-3g
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin
This system is not registered with RHN.
RHN support will be disabled.
Available Packages
ntfs-3g.i686 2:2011.4.12-5.el6 epel
ntfs-3g.x86_64 2:2011.4.12-5.el6 epel
[root@localhost ~]# yum install ntfs-3g
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin
This system is not registered with RHN.
RHN support will be disabled.
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package ntfs-3g.x86_64 2:2011.4.12-5.el6 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
==================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
==================================================================================
Installing:
ntfs-3g x86_64 2:2011.4.12-5.el6 epel 247 k
Transaction Summary
==================================================================================
Install 1 Package(s)
Upgrade 0 Package(s)
Total download size: 247 k
Installed size: 624 k
Is this ok [y/N]:y
Downloading Packages:
ntfs-3g-2011.4.12-5.el6.x86_64.rpm | 247 kB 00:02
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing : 2:ntfs-3g-2011.4.12-5.el6.x86_64 1/1
Installed:
ntfs-3g.x86_64 2:2011.4.12-5.el6
Complete!
Mounting NTFS partition
First of all find out the ntfs partition using the disk management utility. Use palimpsest or fdisk or some other tools.
[root@localhost ~]# fdisk -cul
Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0003c727
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 63 51199154 25599546 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 51200000 103628799 26214400 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 103628800 124600319 10485760 8e Linux LVM
/dev/sda4 124600320 488396799 181898240 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 124604416 132993023 4194304 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 132995072 143480831 5242880 82 Linux swap / Solaris
On listing my /dev/sda1 is the NTFS partition.
Now decide the mount point (location to mount the partition). Example say /ntfs directory.
[root@localhost ~]# mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 /ntfs
Now list the active mountings that are currently in use.
[root@localhost ~]# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda2 25G 16G 8.0G 66% /
tmpfs 983M 112K 982M 1% /dev/shm
/dev/mapper/myvg-home 9.8G 152M 9.2G 2% /home
/dev/sda1 25G 6.9G 18G 29% /ntfs
It says that the partition /dev/sda1 is mounted at /ntfs directory.
Ok. Now look at the mount point /ntfs to see the ntfs partition.
[root@localhost ~]# ls /ntfs
ADFS CONFIG.SYS IO.SYS pagefile.sys WINDOWS AUTOEXEC.BAT Documents and Settings MSDOS.SYS Program Files wmpub NTDETECT.COM Program Files (x86) System Volume Information boot.ini Intel ntldr
Now everything seems to be good in working condition.
Unmounting
[root@localhost ~]# umount /ntfs
[root@localhost ~]# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda2 25G 16G 8.0G 66% /
tmpfs 983M 112K 982M 1% /dev/shm
/dev/mapper/myvg-home 9.8G 152M 9.2G 2% /home
Persistent mounting
The above mounting is a temporary mounting, ie it will remain mounted only upto the next system shutdown. Once the system boots the mounting is no more. This type of mounting is called persistent mounting.
For persistent mounting add an entry for the device into the /etc/fstab file system table file.
For mounting an NTFS partition set the file system type as "ntfs".
[root@localhost ~]# vim /etc/fstab
#
# /etc/fstab
# Created by anaconda on Tue Dec 13 19:08:24 2011
#
# Accessible filesystems, by reference, are maintained under '/dev/disk'
# See man pages fstab(5), findfs(8), mount(8) and/or blkid(8) for more info
#
UUID=20a51f87-11b8-4baf-afc1-8d136377e66c / ext4 defaults 1 1
/dev/mapper/myvg-home /home ext4 defaults 1 2
UUID=8d0cc585-2af6-46f4-8d20-e4ee45ff2e7c swap swap defaults 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/sda2 /ntfs ntfs defaults 0 0
save and quit.
Now activate the new /etc/fstab file by,
[root@localhost ~]# mount -a
Again list the active mountings that are currently in use.
[root@localhost ~]# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda2 25G 16G 8.0G 66% /
tmpfs 983M 112K 982M 1% /dev/shm
/dev/mapper/myvg-home 9.8G 152M 9.2G 2% /home
/dev/sda1 25G 6.9G 18G 29% /ntfs
Now our mounting is persistent after system boots.
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