Mount ntfs on CentOS 6

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For CentOS-6 the EPEL repository is carrying later NTFS packages. EPEL is also usable for CentOS-5. To install, after enabling the repo per the Repositories page: 


# yum install ntfs-3g

or if you prefer to leave EPEL disabled by default


# yum --enablerepo epel install ntfs-3g

You may also want to


yum install ntfsprogs ntfsprogs-gnomevfs

Suppose your ntfs filesystem is /dev/sda1 and you are going to mount it on /mymnt/win, do the following.

First, create a mount point.

# mkdir /mymnt/win

Next, edit /etc/fstab as follows. To mount read-only:

# /dev/sda1       /mymnt/win   ntfs-3g  ro,umask=0222,defaults 0 0

To mount read-write:

# /dev/sda1       /mymnt/win   ntfs-3g  rw,umask=0000,defaults 0 0

You can now mount it by running:

# mount /mymnt/win

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