Mount NTFS portable USB drive in RHEL5 OEL or CenOS Linux 5
So you have a USB flash or portable hard drive formated with NTFS partition that you want to use in Enterprise Linux 5?
The problem is EL5 does not recognize the drives formatted with NTFS partition.
The problem is EL5 does not recognize the drives formatted with NTFS partition.
To solve the issue:
- we will enable an extra package repository called EPEL
- install the ntfs-3g package
- mount the usb portable Hard drive
- we will enable an extra package repository called EPEL
- install the ntfs-3g package
- mount the usb portable Hard drive
The exact version of epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm may vary. Please navigate to the URL where the package is stored.
(ex: http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/epel//5Server/x86_64/ and search for “epel-release” and download the available version)
(ex: http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/epel//5Server/x86_64/ and search for “epel-release” and download the available version)
Download and install EPEL repository as root user:
# rpm -Uvh http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/epel//5Server/x86_64/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm
Retrieving http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/epel//5Server/x86_64/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm
warning: /var/tmp/rpm-xfer.bwnAza: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 217521f6
Preparing… ########################################### [100%]
1:epel-release ########################################### [100%]
- install ntfs-3g package which is used to mount NTFS formatted drives.
# yum install ntfs-3g
Sample output:
[root@oratemp yum.repos.d]# yum install ntfs-3g
Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security
This system is not registered with ULN.
ULN support will be disabled.
epel | 3.7 kB 00:00
epel/primary_db | 3.8 MB 00:29
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
–> Running transaction check
—> Package ntfs-3g.i386 2:2011.4.12-5.el5 set to be updated
—> Package ntfs-3g.x86_64 2:2011.4.12-5.el5 set to be updated
–> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
===========================================================================================================================================
Installing:
ntfs-3g i386 2:2011.4.12-5.el5 epel 319 k
ntfs-3g x86_64 2:2011.4.12-5.el5 epel 301 k
Transaction Summary
===========================================================================================================================================
Install 2 Package(s)
Upgrade 0 Package(s)
Total download size: 619 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/2): ntfs-3g-2011.4.12-5.el5.x86_64.rpm | 301 kB 00:00
(2/2): ntfs-3g-2011.4.12-5.el5.i386.rpm | 319 kB 00:00
——————————————————————————————————————————————-
Total 126 kB/s | 619 kB 00:04
warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 217521f6
epel/gpgkey | 1.7 kB 00:00
Importing GPG key 0x217521F6 “Fedora EPEL” from /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing : ntfs-3g 1/2
Installing : ntfs-3g 2/2
Installed:
ntfs-3g.i386 2:2011.4.12-5.el5 ntfs-3g.x86_64 2:2011.4.12-5.el5
Complete!
How Do I Find Out NTFS Partition Name?
Immediately after you plug in the USB device run dmesg command:
$ dmesg
usb 1-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
usb 1-5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
scsi6 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 3
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
Vendor: Kingston Model: DataTraveler G3 Rev: PMAP
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00
SCSI device sdb: 62603264 512-byte hdwr sectors (32053 MB)
sdb: Write Protect is off
sdb: Mode Sense: 03 41 00 00
sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sdb: 62603264 512-byte hdwr sectors (32053 MB)
sdb: Write Protect is off
sdb: Mode Sense: 03 41 00 00
sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
sdb: sdb1
sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdb
sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg6 type 0
usb-storage: device scan complete
fuse init (API version 7.8)
fuse distribution version: 2.7.4
usb 1-5: USB disconnect, address 3
Form the output of dmesg we see that the device name is ‘sdb’ so ‘/dev/sdb’
Then simply type the following command to list what is in /dev/sdb :
Then simply type the following command to list what is in /dev/sdb :
# fdisk -l /dev/sdb
Sample outputs:
Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xf0000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 13 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdb2 14 60802 488281089 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 14 59767 479970304 83 Linux
/dev/sdb6 59767 60802 8309760 82 Linux swap / Solaris
How Do I Mount /dev/sda1 NTFS Partition at /mnt/ntfs?
Create a mount point, enter:
# mkdir /mnt/ntfs
To mount the ntfs partition, enter:
# ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/ntfs
You can use regular Unix commands to copy or access the files:
$ df -h
$ mount
$ cd /mnt/ntfs
$ cp foo /tmp
How Do I Unmount(safely remove) NTFS Disk/Partition?
Type the following command:
# umount /mnt/ntfs or# umount /dev/sdb1Redhat Enterprise 5 - 5.6, Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 - 5.6, CentOS 5 to 5.7
