How to fix fstab entry to mount a partition?

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On ubuntu 22.04.4 I am trying to mount a partition as read/write. The following command seems to work:

sudo mount -o rw,user,uid=1000,umask=007,exec /dev/nvme0n1p4 /media/Work/

but I want to add it so /etc/fstab so it is mounted automatically. The following fstab entry however does not work:

/dev/nvme0n1p4 /media/Work/ fat32 rw,user,uid=1000,umask=007,exec 0 0

It will make the system go to emergency state. How to fix the fstab entry?

It depends on the kernel version. In 5.15, they added a new NTFS driver, for that the type is ntfs3. Before that it was ntfs-3g. — muru, Mar 27 '24 at 10:23
See #3, mount by device not recommended, use label or UUID: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Fstab Good examples: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/fstab NTFS example: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2420861&p=13865822#post13865822 — oldfred, Mar 27 '24 at 14:37

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 27 '24 at 10:52

First, find out the partition type. This you can do by mounting the partition using the command that works (sudo mount -o rw,user,uid=1000,umask=007,exec /dev/nvme0n1p4 /media/Work/).

Then use the command: df -T OR mount | grep "^/dev/nvme0n1p4". Use the "Type" to create an appropriate entry in the /etc/fstab.

How to fix fstab entry to mount a partition?

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