[CentOS] installing centos with oos ntfs format drives

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On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 11:00 PM, g <geleem at bellsouth.net> wrote:

>
> greetings.
>
> i am going to run a fresh install of centos 6.4 and want to mount 3
> partitions of oos that are formatted as ntfs in an oem installed box.
>
> if during install, i set up partitions /dev/sda1, /dev/sda2, and
> /dev/sdb1 as ntfs, will install install ntfs software or will i have
> to select it later on in installation?
>

John is right on the money with ntfs3g


>
> also, is it better to mount them under /mnt to keep /media clean?
>

It really doesn't matter.

But...
It's common for stationary storage to be mounted under /mnt and temporary
storage (think USB thumb drive) to be mounted under /media.


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>
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