Install ntfs-support¶

Requirements¶

To install ntfs-support you will need the following:

• a installed and supported operating system (e.g. Raspian Jessie)
• root-access
• a fast internet connection

Preliminary Note¶

This procedure is based on http://www.techjawab.com/2013/06/how-to-setup-mount-auto-mount-usb-hard.html

There is no native support for NTFS, so use this filesystem on your own risk.
do not use encrypted ntfs

Install¶

Install ntfs-3g:

sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g

Usage¶

Plug in your USB HDD / Drive to Raspberry Pi

Log on pi using ssh terminal and execute:

ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/

You will see something like the following:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan  1  1970 0AC4D607C4D5F543 -> ../../sda1

Note down the value of the UUID --> 0AC4D607C4D5F543

Create a location for mount point:

sudo mkdir /media/NASDRIVE

Give proper permission:

sudo chmod 775 /media/NASDRIVE

Mount the USB Drive and then check if it is accessible at /media/NASDRIVE

sudo mount -t ntfs-3g -o uid=pi,gid=pi /dev/sda1 /media/NASDRIVE

Note:
ntfs-3g for NTFS Drives
vfat for FAT32 Drives
ext4 for ext4 Drives

Now, we will configure RasPi to do this after every reboot:

Take a backup of current fstab

sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.backup

Add the mount information in the fstab file:

UUID=0AC4D607C4D5F543 /media/NASDRIVE ntfs-3g rw,defaults 0 0

Reboot

sudo reboot

Turn on the GUI mode by sudo raspi-config, only if required.
You should see your USB drive automatically mounted at /media/NASDRIVE