Permanently and Automatically Mount HD in Ubuntu Linux

May 22, 2011 · 1 minute read
Category: ubuntu

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If you have a secondary hard drive that you have to manually mount in Ubuntu/Linux everytime you boot up and you are not too comfortable with the syntax for fstab, this is a possible easy shortcut for you.

You can view the currently mounted partitions by looking at mtap


cat /etc/mtab

If you do this after you have mounted the drive, you can see the full mount command that has been used, eg


/dev/sdc1 /media/BigDrive ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks 0 0

You can copy that line and paste it into your fstab and from then on when you boot up the drive will be mounted automatically.


sudo gedit /etc/fstab

I have no idea what all that stuff means and to be honest I don’t care I just want to use my hard drive.

ALWAYS back up your fstab before making changes!

Hope that helps ;)