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Mount Drives ​

Permanent ​

In Linux, the file /etc/fstab is used to mount drives automatically when the system starts up.

/dev/sda1       /media/account/system   ext4    defaults        0       1
/dev/sdb2      /media/account/Seagate4TB   exfat        defaults,uid=1000,gid=1000        0       2
/dev/sdc1      /media/account/My_Passport       ntfs     defaults,uid=1000,gid=1000        0       2

For some filesystems, like exfat, it's necessary to pass additional parameters so that access permissions are set appropriately:

/dev/sdb1 /media/workspace auto defaults,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=022 0 1

To mount everything in /etc/fstab, run

sudo mount -a

External drives ​

Predictably mount usb drive linux fstab

When the storage is connected externally (e.g. USB), it's possible that the device order or id may change. If not properly configured, this may cause the machine to not finish booting. If the machine is remote or a server, this situation can be difficult to troubleshoot.

To skip a missing drive at boot, add nofail to the options in fstab. It needs to come after auto.

https://askubuntu.com/questions/14365/mount-an-external-drive-at-boot-time-only-if-it-is-plugged-in

Using the drive's UUID as the source parameter prevents any issues if the device gets assigned a different device path in /dev/. How to find the UUID of a drive linux?

sudo blkid /dev/sd*

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/658/linux-how-can-i-view-all-uuids-for-all-available-disks-on-my-system

Temporary ​

This will not come back after a reboot. Not that the mountpoint needs to already exist.

sudo mount /dev/sda1 ~/mountpoint

To cleanly unmount the drive:

sudo umount ~/mountpoint

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