View NTFS USB Device on Linux Machine

Install NTFS-3g from the EPEL Repository

• Ensure that the EPEL repository is configure on the machine

sudo yum repolist | grep epel

• Install NTFS-3G From the EPEL Repository

yum install ntfs-3g -y

Mounting USB Device on a RHEL Machine

• Unload/Remove the USB storage driver from the Linux kernel

modprobe -r usb-storage

• Install all usb-storage modules to the kernel

modprobe -i usb-storage

• Read all messages in kernel, look for /dev/sdb1 device

dmesg

• Mount the USB drive to the /media directory

mount /dev/sdb1 /media

Add the USB drive to /etc/fstab so it is persistent upon reboots

• Open the /etc/fstab file

vi /etc/fstab

• Add the following line, then save the file using :wq!
  • /dev/sdb1 /media ext4 defaults 0 0