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Mounting an NTFS Disk in Linux

Mounting an NTFS format disk in Linux systems may be necessary to access files stored on disks typically used in Windows environments. Here's how you can do it using the ntfs-3g package.

The command you need to mount an NTFS disk is as follows:

sudo mount -t ntfs-3g -o gid=1002,uid=1002,rw /dev/sde2 /my-volume

This command mounts the block device /dev/sde2, which should be your NTFS disk identifier, into the directory /my-volume. Make sure the mounting directory exists and that you have the necessary permissions to write to it.

The 'gid' and 'uid' options are used to assign the group and user ownership of the mounted file system, respectively, which is especially useful if multiple users need access to the disk.

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Jorge García

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