Linux NTFS Read and Write using NTFS-3G

January 3, 2009 | By Fabio Milano In CentOS,Fedora,Linux,NTFS,Tutorial |

Scenario / Question:

How do I write or read from NTFS formated partition in linux

Solution / Answer:

Install and use the NTFS-3G Driver

NTFS-3G Packages

The ntfs-3g packages can be found on the NTFS-3G website NTFS-3G-Download

You can also use yum to install NTFS-3G

First you will need the RPMforge repository installed:

To find the URL for your distro go to http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/FAQ.php#B2

Example:

rpm -Uhv http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/i386/rpmforge/RPMS/rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm

Install manually:

Download package ntfs-3g-1.XXXX.tgz

UnTar it:

# tar -xzvf ntfs-3g-1.XXXX.tgz

Go into Directory:

# cd ntfs-3g-1.5012

Install NTFS-3G:

# ./configure
# make
# make install

Using yum install the following packages:

  • fuse
  • fuse-ntfs-3g
  • dkms
  • dkms-fuse
# yum install fuse fuse-ntfs-3g dkms dkms-fuse

Mount your NTFS partition:

# mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdc1 /mnt/ntfs
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Fabio Milano has written 79 articles for us. Fabio Milano is a certified RHCE, MCP, and CFOI. He runs an IT consulting and services company called RDS Support inc. Website:http://www.rdssupport.com

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    2 Comments so far

    1. Anwar on January 24th, 2010

      Thankssssss>>>.

    2. Lawrence on November 28th, 2011

      Machine Description
      Processor – Intel Core i7 2600k
      MB – Asus P8Z68 V Pro
      OS – CentOS 6 64 Bit
      Kernel – 2.632.-71.el6.*86_64

      Fuse is already there. I face a problem in installing ntfs-3g-1.1120 from the command make onward. “Nothing is to be done for “ALL”".And then make install says Nothing to be done for install-exec-am. When i go for some other method using sudo…it says that the user is not inthe sudoers file. I am quite new to Linux.

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