How to mount partition permanently?

Question

I am using Ubuntu Minimal + LXDE. I am wondering how can I auto-mount a partition (internal) on boot automatically. Currently I do something like

mount /dev/sda3 /media/works

But I want it to be permanent. Also I have GParted, but the Partition > UnMount is greyed out (yes, unmount, even though I haven't mounted it)

Answer 1

Unmount is greyed out because the partition isn't there to be unmounted. You haven't mounted it yet.

To make the partition auto-mount, first find out the UUID of /dev/sda3 by doing:

sudo blkid

I'll assume you're using ext4 on /dev/sda3. Open up gedit like so:

sudo -H gedit /etc/fstab

(Or, in the command line, sudo vim or sudo nano instead of gksudo gedit.)

Now you want to add a line to the bottom of that file. It should look something like this (UUID will be different):

UUID=03ec5dd3-45c0-4f95-a363-61ff321a09ff /media/works ext4 defaults  0      2

For more info on fstab, this is a good resource.

Answer 2

Use Disks utility. Select the disk, then click Additional partition options icon. Choose Edit Mount Options from drop-down menu.

Answer 3

I'm using Ubuntu Server and I made the permanent mount as follows with a disk already formatted in ext4.

I have listed my disks and partitions with

sudo fdisk -l

After that, I listed the UUID of the partition I would like to mount permanently with the following command:

sudo blkid /dev/sda2

To mount the partition I created a target location with

sudo mkdir -p /home/files

then I rode with

sudo mount /dev/sda2 /home/files

We need to put the mounted partition in the /etc/fstab file Don't forget to make a backup first. run

sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.bkp

To avoid breaking the file system you need to look at the structure that is already in /etc/fstab for the disks that are already automounted. In my case it is like this

sudo cat /etc/fstab
/ was on /dev/sdb3 during curtin installation
device                                               dir type options  dump fsck
/dev/disk/by-uuid/866f0e5d-e590-450c-beff-507620a4afbd /   ext4 defaults 0     1

On the site Arch Linux Wiki it is presented what this structure means. Below is an excerpt:

• <device> describes the block special device or remote file system to be mounted; see #Identifying file systems.
• <dir> describes the mount directory.
• <type> the file system type.
• <options> the associated mount options; see mount(8) §FILESYSTEM-INDEPENDENT_MOUNT_OPTIONS and ext4(5) §MOUNT_OPTIONS.
• <dump> is checked by the dump(8) utility. This field is usually set to 0, which disables the check.
• <fsck> sets the order for file system checks at boot time; see fsck(8). For the root device it should be 1. For other partitions it should be 2, or 0 to disable checking.

Edit the /fstab file with

sudo vim /etc/fstab

or

sudo nano /etc/fstab

In the file I added the following line

/dev/disk/by-uuid/6d81205-fc60-44ce-9da2-3565aa /home/files ext4 defaults 0 2

Save the file at the end

You can test by restarting the machine

Answer 4

For Booting time mount. you have to provide only auto option. It will work , provide mount id, mount place in your folder, file type, auto, 0, 1.