Introduction

Purpose of this article is to provide to reader step by step guide, how to mount partition with NTFS file system on the Linux operating system. This article consists of two parts:

• mount NTFS file system read only access
• mount NTFS file system with read write access

Mount NTFS file system with read only access

NTFS kernel support

Majority of current Linux distributions supports NTFS file system out of the box. To be more specific, support for NTFS file system is more feature of Linux kernel modules rather than Linux distributions. First verify if we have NTFS modules installed on our system.

ls /lib/modules/2.6.18-5-686/kernel/fs/ | grep ntfs 

NTFS module is presented. Let's identify NTFS partition.

CD's and DVDs are using iso9660 filesytem. As any other operating system the Linux is also able to read data from standard iso9660 filesystem. Lets see how we can mount cdrom with use of mount command.

Detecting CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive

If we are not sure which block device is our DVD-ROM or CD-ROM we can find out simply by running command:

Public key authentication allows you to login to a remote host via the SSH protocol without a password and is more secure than password-based authentication. Try creating a passwordless connection from linuxconfig.local to linuxconfig.org using public-key authentication.

Create key

Press ENTER at every prompt.

linuxconfig.local$ ssh-keygen
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/home/user/.ssh/id_rsa):
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): 
Enter same passphrase again: 
Your identification has been saved in /home/user/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /home/user/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
b2:ad:a0:80:85:ad:6c:16:bd:1c:e7:63:4f:a0:00:15 user@host
The key's randomart image is:
+--[ RSA 2048]----+
|  E.             |
| .               |
|.                |
|.o.              |
|.ooo o. S        |
|oo+ * .+         |
|++ +.+...        |
|o. ...+.         |
|  .   ..         |
+-----------------+
linuxconfig.local$ 

Installation prerequisites

It is said that the installation of Debian Linux is know as one of the hardest among all Linux Distributions. In this article we will see that this is just a myth, in fact it is very easy, even for beginners. All you need is basic understanding of disk partitioning techniques and a downloaded/burned netinstall image which suits the hardware architecture you intend to install onto Debian Linux, and a internet connection. Of course there are other requirements, such as a working PC with a CD-ROM drive and free/unpartitioned space on your hard disk. :'''NOTE:''' Do not download all Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 installation disks! You only need the first CD or go to  netinstall CD.

Beginning of the installation

Make sure you set your BIOS to boot from the CD-ROM. Once you boot Debian, it will welcome you with an Introductory Screen similar to the one below.

At this stage you can navigate with the function keys F1-F10: