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HI ALL I M NEW IN LINUX TODAY I WANT TO MOUNT MY USB ON LINUX SYSTEM USING THE FOLLOWING COMMAND mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb an eeror occur "unknown file system ...
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    HI ALL
    I M NEW IN LINUX TODAY I WANT TO MOUNT MY USB ON LINUX SYSTEM USING THE FOLLOWING COMMAND
    mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb
    an eeror occur "unknown file system ntfs".how can i resolve this issue?

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    an eeror occur "unknown file system ntfs".how can i resolve this issue?
    You need the ntfs-3g package to have support for Microsoft's NTFS filesystm.

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    ...or for another option, you can format the USB device with FAT32 and use that filesystem if NTFS isn't mandatory.
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