Mount an NTFS Partition in CentOS

1. Log on to your root account.


2. Type the following commands
   
   
   
   • rpm --import http://apt.sw.be/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt
   
   
   • wget http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.1-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
     rpm -ivh rpmforge-release-0.5.1-1.el5.rf.i386.rp
   
   
   • These commands install the RPMForge repositories, which provide access to third-party
     CentOS software.
   
   
   
   


3. Enter the command yum install fuse fuse-ntfs-3g to install NTFS support.


4. Type the command "vi etc/fstab" to open the system-wide file system table.


5. Add a new line for the NTFS file system. e.g. /dev/hda5 /mnt/ntfs ntfs defaults 0 0


6. Use ":wq" to write and quit.


7. Create an NTFS file directory on /mnt.


8. Mount the NTFS file by typing "mount /mnt/ntfs". /mnt/ntfs is the same path entered into the file system table.