To mount and access an NTFS (New Technology File System) partition on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or CentOS system, you will need to install the ntfs-3g
package, which provides support for reading and writing to NTFS partitions.
To install the ntfs-3g
package, use the following command:
yum install ntfs-3g
Once the ntfs-3g
package is installed, you can use the mount
command to mount the NTFS partition. For example, to mount an NTFS partition located at /dev/sda1
to the /mnt/ntfs
directory, you can use the following command:
mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/ntfs
Replace /dev/sda1
with the device name of the NTFS partition on your system, and /mnt/ntfs
with the directory where you want to mount the partition.
Once the partition is mounted, you can access the files on the partition from the /mnt/ntfs
directory. You can also specify the -o rw
option with the mount
command to allow read and write access to the partition, as follows:
mount -t ntfs-3g -o rw /dev/sda1 /mnt/ntfs
Note that you will need to have appropriate permissions to access the files on the partition. You may also need to run the mount
command as the root user, depending on your system configuration.
To unmount the NTFS partition, use the umount
command followed by the mount point of the partition. For example:
umount /mnt/ntfs
Keep in mind that the steps and commands shown above are specific to RHEL and CentOS systems, and the exact details may vary depending on the version of the operating system and the specific configuration of your system. Consult the documentation and online resources for more information on how to mount and access NTFS partitions on RHEL and CentOS systems.