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I'm on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.

I want to create a link from the WorkSpace folder on my desktop.

I did right click on that folder and choose Make Link option from the menu. And did move/paste or copy/past that link on the desktop, but...

When I perform system restart, the link is broken.

So, is it possible to create a link from a folder that is in E:\, on the desktop, without creating a helper link as known from windows "send to" functionality?

Tuberose
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    I am on ubuntu 16.04 and the way you tried to create and move a folder link to desktop works fine. This is the only way to graphically create a link I know of. BTW I recommend updating your ubuntu OS to the latest LTS version, because for 12.04 hardware support has ended. [EndOfLife] (https://www.ubuntu.com/info/release-end-of-life) – Leder Jan 27 '18 at 06:52
  • The above said way works for me until not restarting. After that the moved link will broken. – Tuberose Jan 27 '18 at 07:00
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    Ubuntu OS has no drive letter E:\ for optical ROM... I am sorry for my formatting, mini-Markdown is not working for me... – Leder Jan 27 '18 at 07:00
  • The appropriated drive letter is Archive. That drive is not optical. So there is a folder in my Archive Partition on HDD, which I need create a link on the desktop. – Tuberose Jan 27 '18 at 07:05
  • do you mount your drive partition on startup via fstab? – Leder Jan 27 '18 at 07:10
  • @Leder, No. I have not done this, and know how doing. The drive has NTFS file system. – Tuberose Jan 27 '18 at 08:35
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    see the answers given! And google or ask for fstab and mount. – Leder Jan 27 '18 at 08:41
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    As mentioned by Leder, there are no drive letters in Ubuntu... Or any Linux/UNIX OS, for that matter. Please do check the answers and follow the instructions to have your drive mount at boot by editing /etc/fstab. It would also be very helpful to include some more information, such as where your 'WorkSpace' directory is specifically. Thanks! – one_new_message Jan 28 '18 at 18:11

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The reason you get a broken link is that the host partition is not mounted on startup. You have to add the UUID of that partition to /ets/fstab.

This Answer will help you to get your correct UUID.

Sadegh Ghasemi
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  • If the disk is slow that might not be enough. External disks and internal windows disk tend to be slow as is. – Rinzwind Jan 30 '18 at 12:39
  • @Rinzwind There's a question here about a network disk. If you have a solution or any suggestions, I'm sure OP would appreciate it. – wjandrea Jan 21 '19 at 16:48
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Try out this answer fstab for automounting in /etc/fstab and beware of filesystem type, e. g. ext4 or ntfs or similar, and device name...

Leder
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