CentOS mount NFS Disk

First Enable EPEL Repo under CentOS or RHEL Servers

You need to type the following command as per your distro version / release.

RHEL 5.x / CentOS 5.x Users

Type the following command as root user to install repo:

# rpm -Uvh http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm

RHEL 6.x / CentOS 6.x Users

Type the following command as root user to install repo:

# rpm -Uvh http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm

Install NTFS-3G

Type the following command as root user:

# yum install ntfs-3g

Sample outputs:

yum install ntfs-3g
Loaded plugins: product-id, rhnplugin, subscription-manager
Updating Red Hat repositories.
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
–> Running transaction check
—> Package ntfs-3g.x86_64 2:2011.4.12-3.el6 will be installed
–> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
===============================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
===============================================================================
Installing:
ntfs-3g x86_64 2:2011.4.12-3.el6 epel 247 k
Transaction Summary
===============================================================================
Install 1 Package(s)
Total download size: 247 k
Installed size: 624 k
Is this ok [y/N]:

How Do I Find Out NTFS Partition Name?

Simply type the following command:

# fdisk -l /dev/sda
# fdisk -l /dev/sdb

Sample outputs:

Disk /dev/sda: 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/sda1 * 1 13 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 14 60802 488281089 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 14 59767 479970304 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 59767 60802 8309760 82 Linux swap / Solaris

How Do I Mount /dev/sda1 NTFS Partition at /mnt/ntfs?

First, load the fuse driver, enter:

# modprobe fuse

Create a mount point, enter:

# mkdir /mnt/ntfs

To mount the ntfs partition, enter:

# mount -t 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 NTFS Partition?

Type the following command:

# umount /mnt/ntfs