Automatically mount NTFS volumes as read-only: Difference between revisions

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  lsblk -f
  lsblk -f


Create mount point
  sudo mkdir /var/mnt/whatever
  sudo mkdir /var/mnt/whatever
Add to fstab
  sudo vim /etc/fstab
  sudo vim /etc/fstab



Revision as of 17:01, 8 February 2026

This only works for simple volumes

Get NTFS volume UUID

lsblk -f

Create mount point

sudo mkdir /var/mnt/whatever

Add to fstab

sudo vim /etc/fstab
UUID=NTFS_UUID_GOES_HERE /var/mnt/whatever ntfs defaults,ro,nofail 0 0

If the drive is a dynamic mirror you need to use ldmtool instead, see Using ldmtool to mount NTFS dynamic mirror