To unmount the /media/myusb mount point, use the umount command as shown. Make sure to replace /dev/sdb1 and /media/myusb with the device name and mount point respectively: /dev/sdb1 /media/myusb auto defaults 0 0 To mount a Windows NTFS partition at boot time, add the following line in your /etc/fstab file. The -l flag allows for a long listing of files with their permissions and size, and more: # ls /media/myusb/ Next, run the ls command in the mount location to view files stored in the USB drive. ![]() ![]() Most of the 'help' on the web is two or more years old, and redundant 'installation' instructions at best. You can check if the USB drive has been mounted successfully to the defined location by running the mount command and filtering its output via the grep command as shown: # mount | grep /dev/sdb I have searched the web for problems related to CentOS 6 updates breaking ' ntfs-3g ' - that is, the ability to read USB attached NTFS drives, once functional, no longer works. # mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /media/myusb/ Then mount the USB drive using the mount command with -t flag, which is used to specify the filesystem type, which is ntfs-3g in this case: # mkdir -p /media/myusb Now it’s time to mount your USB drive by creating a new directory under /media, for example, /media/myusb. List Linux Block Devices Mount NTFS Partition in Linux NTFS-3G allows for read/write access to NTFS partitions which can be shared with Windows XP, Windows Server 2003. # fdisk -lĪlternatively, you can use the lsblk command to list all block devices connected to your computer: # lsblk In this example, the device name is /dev/sdb and the first mountable partition is /dev/sdb1. This command will also enable you to get the device name under the /dev directory. It provides safe handling of the Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 NTFS file systems. ![]() Your USB device should be listed in the output as highlighted in the following screenshot. NTFS-3G is a stable, open source, GPL licensed, POSIX, read/write NTFS driver for Linux and many other operating systems. Now plug your USB drive into the computer and check for all connected block devices using the fdisk command. Install NTFS-3G in Linux Identify NTFS Partition Next, run the following yum command to install the ntfs-3g package on your system, follow any prompts on the screen to import the GPG key for signing the package: # yum install ntfs-3g To install it, first enable the EPEL repository on your machine as follows: - On RHEL-based Linux 9 Release. The NTFS-3G package is available in the EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) Repository. It supports mounting and accessing NTFS partitions using the FUSE ( Filesystem in Userspace) interface, which then enables a user to create, delete, rename, and move files, directories, hard links, streams, and much more within the mount point. NTFS-3G is an open-source cross-platform NTFS driver that works on Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.
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