Kernel Configuration Enable the following options in the kernel configuration and recompile the kernel if necessary: File systems ---> <*/M> FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) support [CONFIG_FUSE_FS] Installation of Ntfs-3g If you want ordinary users to be able to mount NTFS partitions you'll need to set mount.ntfs with the root user ID. Note: it is probably unsafe to do this on a computer that needs to be secure (like a server). As the root user: chmod -v 4755 /sbin/mount.ntfs