can NTFS partition be mounted on linux

[vickey_20]

Can a NTFS partition be mounted in linux. As i have to frequently work on windows and linux i find it as a basic necessity. My frnd told me that i have to format the partition as fat to make the sharing possible. But would opt for that solution if mounting of ntfs partition is not possible......

[bioTIN]

sure you can. you need to check if the NTFS module is installed.

in red hat linux its at /lib/modules/(kernel ver number)/kernel/fs

and see if ntfs is there.

do a fdisk to find the partition where the NTFS is mounted

and then

create a directory in /mnt (your choice ofcourse) like ntfs

use mount -t (ntfs partition found in fdisk) /mnt/ntfs

and go on. but this is for viewing. for modifying data you need fuse and ntfs-3g

regs

[devils casper]

Linux support NTFS and most of distros allow read/write access out of box. You have to mount NTFS partitions manually in a few distros.
Which distro are you using?
In case you are using RHEL, install ntfs-3g package through Package Manager.
Either edit /etc/fstab file or execute mount command to mount partition(s).

su -
mount -t ntfs-3g  /dev/<partition>  <mount_point>  -o defaults,umask=0