How To Debian/Ubuntu Linux Auto Mount Windows NTFS File System [ntfs-3g]

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To automatically mount a Windows NTFS file system on Debian/Ubuntu Linux, follow these steps:

  1. Install the ntfs-3g package, which provides NTFS support for Linux:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g
  1. Create a mount point for the NTFS file system, for example:
sudo mkdir /mnt/ntfs
  1. Identify the device name for the NTFS file system, for example by using the lsblk command.
  2. Add an entry for the NTFS file system to the /etc/fstab file. For example:
/dev/<device_name> /mnt/ntfs ntfs-3g defaults 0 0
  1. Mount the NTFS file system:
sudo mount -a

The NTFS file system should now be automatically mounted at boot time and should be available at /mnt/ntfs. Replace <device_name> with the appropriate device name for your environment.

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