Next, run the ls command in the mount location to view files stored in the USB drive. You can check if the USB drive has been mounted successfully to the defined location by running the mount command and filtering its output via the grep command as shown: # mount | grep /dev/sdb

# mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /media/myusb/ Then mount the USB drive using the mount command with -t flag, which is used to specify the filesystem type, which is ntfs-3g in this case: # mkdir -p /media/myusb Now it’s time to mount your USB drive by creating a new directory under /media, for example, /media/myusb. List Linux Block Devices Mount NTFS Partition in Linux # fdisk -lĪlternatively, you can use the lsblk command to list all block devices connected to your computer: # lsblk In this example, the device name is /dev/sdb and the first mountable partition is /dev/sdb1.

This command will also enable you to get the device name under the /dev directory.

Your USB device should be listed in the output as highlighted in the following screenshot. Now plug your USB drive into the computer and check for all connected block devices using the fdisk command. Install NTFS-3G in Linux Identify NTFS Partition Next, run the following yum command to install the ntfs-3g package on your system, follow any prompts on the screen to import the GPG key for signing the package: # yum install ntfs-3g To install it, first enable the EPEL repository on your machine as follows: - On RHEL-based Linux 9 Release. The NTFS-3G package is available in the EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) Repository. It supports mounting and accessing NTFS partitions using the FUSE ( Filesystem in Userspace) interface, which then enables a user to create, delete, rename, and move files, directories, hard links, streams, and much more within the mount point. NTFS-3G is an open-source cross-platform NTFS driver that works on Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.

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