NTFS

NTFS (New Technology File System) is Article description::a proprietary disk [[filesystem by Microsoft for Windows and Windows-based operating systems.]]

There are two primary methods to achieve NTFS support when using Linux. The kernel itself includes limited write support for the NTFS filesystem. This can be seen in the native support section below. There is also a FUSE filesystem driver called NTFS-3G that includes better write support. Because of this, most users who need NTFS support opt for the FUSE implementation over the rather limited built-in support.

FUSE support (NTFS-3G)
The following kernel options must be enabled for NTFS read/write capabilities over FUSE in Linux:

The package is also required (see the emerge section below).

USE flags
Because NTFS-3G is a FUSE-based filesystem, it requires user space utilities. It is currently the best implementation of NTFS for Linux and the only FUSE-based implementation available in the main Gentoo repository. Make sure you enable USE flag suid, otherwise you get an error "read only filesystem".

Emerge
After reviewing USE flags and making adjustments as necessary, install the FUSE user space tools in order to manipulate NTFS filesystems:

Creation
To create an NTFS filesystem on the partition (needs   USE flag):

Please replace with the actual partition you want to format.

Mount
There are several ways to mount a NTFS filesystem:


 * mount - Manual mounting.
 * fstab - Automatic mount at boot time.
 * removable media - Automatic mount at demand.
 * AutoFS - Automatic mount on access.

Native support
Using the read-only capable driver provided by the kernel:

FUSE (NTFS-3G)
Using the read/write capable driver provided by the kernel:

Force mount NTFS partition after Windows was hibernated
NTFS file systems controlled by Windows may be hibernated instead of cleanly shutdown in order to save on system start times. When this occurs it will not be possible to mount the NTFS partition unless the file is removed. The following command can be used to force-mount a hibernated partition, which will result in the hiberfile being removed; all data in the file will be lost. Windows will have to perform a clean boot in order to resume operation:

On the Windows system, in order to prevent unclean shutdowns from Windows it is possible to run from an Administrator command prompt. This will disable hibernation which will most likely increase boot times when booting Windows, but has the benefit of cleanly unmounting the drive.}}

Beta features & releases
Jean-Pierre André, one of the ntfs-3g developers, provides some add-ons and releases in his website, not yet included in the official stable releases. See the page NTFS-3G in the Archlinux Wiki, the section "Beta features & releases."

External resources

 * NTFS at Microsoft's TechNet
 * ArchWiki article "Dynamic disk" - "Dynamic disk" in Windows is an (unrecommendable) analog of LVM in Linux.