My Tech-Notes

Permanent Mount of /dev/sda1 to /home/dspace_backup

1. Create Mount Directory

sudo mkdir -p /home/dspace_backup

2. Get the UUID of /dev/sda1

sudo blkid /dev/sda1

Example output:

UUID="46D7-609B" TYPE="vfat"

3. Unmount Auto-mounted Path

sudo umount /media/hp/46D7-609B

If busy:

sudo umount -l /media/hp/46D7-609B

4. Edit /etc/fstab to Add Permanent Mount

sudo nano /etc/fstab

Add:

UUID=46D7-609B  /home/dspace_backup  vfat  uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=000,auto,rw  0  0

5. Test the fstab Entry

sudo mount -a

6. Verify the Mount

df -h

Unmount and remount:

sudo umount -l /media/hp/46D7-609B
sudo mount -a