Mount NTFS file system in Debian

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How to mount a NTFS disk in Debian.

Find the disk:

# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 232.9 GiB, 250059350016 bytes, 488397168 sectors
Disk model: ST3250310AS
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x84c02518
 
Device     Boot     Start       End   Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sda1  *         2048 471801855 471799808  225G 83 Linux
/dev/sda2       471803902 488396799  16592898  7.9G  5 Extended
/dev/sda5       471803904 488396799  16592896  7.9G 82 Linux swap / Solaris
 
 
Disk /dev/sdb: 931.5 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Disk model: WDC WD10EZRX-00L
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x93665d93
 
Device     Boot Start        End    Sectors   Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1        2048 1953521663 1953519616 931.5G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

So, the NTFS is disk sdb1. Find the UUID value.

sudo blkid  /dev/sdb1
/dev/sdb1: LABEL="Backup" UUID="0CF88F39F88F2056" TYPE="ntfs" PTTYPE="atari" PARTUUID="93665d93-01"

Install NTSF-3G:

# sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g

Create the /mnt/ntfs/ directory

# sudo mkdir -p /mnt/ntfs/

Add to fstab.

# nano /etc/fstab
# UUID="YOUR-UID-HERE" /mnt/ntfs/ ntfs-3g rw,uid=1000,gid=1000,dmask=0002,fmask=0003 0 0
UUID="0CF88F39F88F2056" /mnt/ntfs/ ntfs-3g rw,uid=1000,gid=1000,dmask=0002,fmask=0003 0 0

Test it

# sudo mount -a
# df -h
/dev/sdb1       932G  295G  638G  32% /mnt/ntfs
# cd /mnt/ntfs/
# ls -l

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