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So, we have to enable EPEL repository before installing NTFS-3G. The NTFS-3G is present in EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) repository. As we do not want to format it and want to use NTFS USB device, we will us third party open source tool named NTFS-3G that will help to mount NTFS formatted Disk in CentOS 7 or Red Hat 7 Linux. dev/sdc1 * 48 31703039 15851496 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFATĪs it is a NTFS USB device, CentOS 7 or Red Hat Linux cannot usually mount it until you format it with Linux supported File System or use a third party tool. But before removing you should unmount the USB device from the mount point (/usb directory) with the following ~]# fdisk -lĭisk /dev/sdc: 16.2 GB, 16231956480 bytes, 31703040 sectors
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So, you are now eligible to transfer more than 2GB file at a time.Īfter using USB device, you generally remove the USB device from your system. Now you can see the USB device is formatted with xfs file system. Tmpfs tmpfs 514M 0 514M 0% /sys/fs/cgroup Realtime =none extsz=4096 blocks=0, ~]# mount /dev/sdc1 ~]# df -HTįilesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on Log =internal log bsize=4096 blocks=2560, version=2 Naming =version 2 bsize=4096 ascii-ci=0 ftype=0 So, we can easily mount this partition to a mount point such as /usb directory in our CentOS 7 or Red Hat 7 Linux with the following ~]# mkfs.xfs -f /dev/sdc1
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You can also see a new partition /dev/sdc1 has been created automatically and the partition is with FAT32 which is supported both Window and Linux Operating System. dev/sdc1 * 63 31129599 15564768+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)įrom the above output, you can see a new device /dev/sdc is attached and its size is 15.9 GB. I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes After inserting USB device, issue the flowing command to find your newly created ~]# fdisk -lĭisk /dev/sda: 21.5 GB, 21474836480 bytes, 41943040 sectors You will also find that a partition is automatically created such as sdb1 or sdc1. If you insert a USB Hard Disk or USB Flash Drive in CentOS 7 or Red Hat 7 Linux, you will find a new SD (SCSI Disk) drive with available drive letter (such as sdb or sdc) is attached in /dev directory.
Linux format flash drive how to#
How to Mount USB Hard Disk or USB Flash Drive in CentOS 7
Linux format flash drive install#
I will also discuss how to install NTFS-3G to read or write data from NTFS USB device from CentOS or Red Hat Linux. In this article, I will discuss how to format USB devices and how to mount USB devices in CentOS or Red Hat Linux to read or write data from USB devices. How to create or delete disk partition with fidisk utility was discussed in my previous article.
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To read or write data from NTFS formatted disk in CentOS or Red Hat Linux, a third party application named NTFS-3G have to be used.
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But most of the USB devices are usually formatted with NTFS which is a Windows supported file system. On the other hand, by default Linux (CentOS or Red Hat) does not support NTFS File System. In this case, USB device must be mounted manually and then access data from it. But all users do not like or always do not have GUI mode of Operating System specially the CentOS or Red Hat Linux user. In GUI (Graphical User Interface) Operating System such as Window or GNOME Desktop in Linux can automatically mount USB device and can show data in it if the File System of that device is supported. USB Hard Disk Drive or USB Flash Drive (Pen drive) is a popular external device that can be used to backup data or transfer data from one device to other device.