How to automatically mount usb flash drive at startup

Question

I need to mount usb flash drive to automatically during OS startup also tried

mount /dev/sdb2 /media

but after rebooting not able to see mounted drive please suggest.

lsusb
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0411:00a2 BUFFALO INC. (formerly MelCo., Inc.)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

df -h
/dev/sda1
/dev/sdb2

Possible duplicate of How to make hdd's mount at startup in ubuntu 12.04 — Fabby, Nov 03 '15 at 23:09

score 39 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 19 '18 at 04:14

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Edit your fstab via

sudo nano /etc/fstab

and add the line below

UUID=0e281f8d-1117-451d-9b1b-b07405a631bc /media auto nosuid,nodev,nofail 0 0

Replace the UUID in my example above with the UUID of your partition

sudo blkid /dev/sdb2 | awk -F'"' '{print $2}'

Note, the entry in your fstab doesn't mount the drive if it's not present during startup.

edited Apr 19 '18 at 04:14

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answered Oct 09 '15 at 09:31

A.B.

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I have a question, If I want to mount every usb (with out specific UID)How can I change the fstab? – H.Ghassami May 27 '17 at 08:06
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@H.Ghassami use /dev/sdXX instead of UUID=... – Matthieu Sep 16 '20 at 16:12

score 19 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 08 '15 at 14:15

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You can use Ubuntu Disks utility. Open the Dash and search for Disks.

Select your USB key in the menu on the left, click the gears and select Edit Mount options :

From here simply check : Mount at startup :

answered Oct 08 '15 at 14:15

hg8

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Thanks for the update
I want to use it using command line, monitor is not connected with server to do this graphically interface.
– Ramesh Chand Oct 08 '15 at 14:21
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Refer here then. – hg8 Oct 08 '15 at 14:30

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