Mounting a folder in NTFS Partition with ntfs-3g
 

If

ocs_prerun="sudo su -;rm -r /home/partimag;mkdir -p /home/partimag" ocs_prerun1="ntfs-3g /dev/sdb2 /home/partimag"

mounts sdb2 as /home/partimag

How can I mount sdb2/Clones as /home/partimag?

Thanks.

P.S.: When I try
sudo su -
rm -r /home/partimag
mkdir -p /home/partimag
mkdir -p /tmp/local-dev
ntfs-3g /tmp/local-dev/Clones /home/partimag

I am getting

Is a directory error.

If I got this right, you want to mount a directory called "Clones" which is located on your sdb2 partition. First of all, you need to mount the filesystem of the device sdb2 somewhere, eg /media/sdb2. Then you need to mount the directory "/media/sdb2/Clones" to your mountpoint, eg /home/partimag. I think this is done with bind mount option. Check the man page of mount tool.

Thank you for your reply.

So even if the folder 'Clones' is in an NTFS partition, as long as I have mounted the partition with ntfs-3g, I can still use (or have to use) the 'mount' command to mount the folder?

I always use I have never used the ntfs-3g command, so I don't know if there is any other way.

mount --bind worked.

First, I have to mount the partition with ntfs-3g and then mount the folder with mount.
In two steps instead of one.

ntfs-3g /dev/sdb2 /mnt
mount --bind /mnt/Clones /home/partimag

I was worried that if I didn't use ntfs-3g, it wouldn't be writeable.

The thing I learned is you cannot mount folders with ntfs-3g, just partitions.
But after you mount the NTFS partition with ntfs-3g, you can mount a folder inside that partition with mount.

Thanks.

just mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
not specify file system type(ntfs)