Mounting NTFS partitions for linux

I recently changed my file system to ntfs... i run win2k. dual boot=rh9

so i had to remount my partitions as they were of a diff. fs.

here's how to do it.

open a terminal window

1. Create a directory in your /mnt folder. This can be done by running mkdir/mnt/test where test is the name of the directory where the NTFS partition will be mounted.

3. Run fdisk -l and note the name of the device file for the NTFS partition. Lets say the device file name is found to be /dev/Y.

4. Open the file /etc/fstab in a text editor.

5. add the line at the bottom(newline)

/dev/Y /mnt/test ntfs users,owner,ro,umask=000 0 0

where test is the name of the directory you created in step 1.

6. Save and quit the file /etc/fstab

7. Then run mount -a and the NTFS partition will be mounted. It will also be mounted automatically after reboot so that you do not have to do anything after you reboot.



VERY IMPORTANT!!
This will allow all users READ ONLY access to the NTFS partition. Write access to NTFS partitions is still considered very risky (see http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/info/ntfs.html#3.2 ).