Mounting an NTFS Drive on Linux Debian Server

Here I have described that, how to mount an NTFS drive on linux debian server.

First Login to your account

Install ntfs-3g app

sudo apt install ntfs-3g

See the list of all drives

sudo fdisk -l

Suppose you want to mount /dev/sda8

Create a sub-directory for that drive inside the media directory

sudo mkdir /media/mydrive

Open and edit the fstab file for mounting

sudo nano /etc/fstab

Enter the following line into fstab file at the bottom and save the file

/dev/sda8        /media/mydrive        ntfs-3g        defaults        0        2

Reboot the system or just enter the command

mount -a

Done! You can open the drive by simply entering –

cd /media/mydrive

Note:

UUID is recommended and faster instead of using /dev/sda8  So, to get the UUID of the drive just enter

sudo blkid

Suppose your UUID of the drive is UUID=”423HJH3423-GJHGJ42342″ then you have to enter the following line into fstab file and save

UUID=423HJH3423-GJHGJ42342        /media/mydrive        ntfs-3g        defaults        0        2