Linux mount ntfs or Access NTFS partition from Linux

To mount an NTFS (New Technology File System) partition in Linux, you will need to follow these steps:

1. Install the ntfs-3g package, which provides support for reading and writing to NTFS partitions in Linux. You can install the ntfs-3g package using your system's package manager, such as apt or yum.

2. Identify the device file for the NTFS partition. You can use the fdisk command to list the available disk partitions:

$ fdisk -l

This will display a list of the available disk partitions, including the device file for the NTFS partition. The device file for the NTFS partition will typically be of the form /dev/sdX, where X is the device identifier for the partition.

3. Create a mount point for the NTFS partition. A mount point is a directory where the NTFS partition will be mounted. For example, you can create a mount point at /mnt/ntfs_partition:

$ mkdir -p /mnt/ntfs_partition

4. Use the mount command to mount the NTFS partition at the mount point. The mount command requires the -t ntfs option to specify that the filesystem type is NTFS, and the -o option to specify mount options.

To mount the NTFS partition, you will need to provide the following information:

• The device file for the NTFS partition.
• The mount point that you created.
• Any additional mount options that you want to use.

For example, to mount an NTFS partition at /dev/sda1 with the default mount options, you can use the following command:

$ mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 /mnt/ntfs_partition

This will mount the NTFS partition at the /mnt/ntfs_partition mount point.