how to modify my fstab to automount my internal HDD

[shantiq]

i have just installed an external sdd as my 1st boot

i now need to automount my internal hdd as a media storage device

i have tried a few permutations on the fstab but not yet got it right


this is the volume
/media/shantiq/739e22d6-04f7-42f0-89e9-7e99603d63b3


this is the current reading of /etc/fstab


# /etc/fstab: static file system information.#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=04555420-77de-4cdb-a0e5-f708d2d109d3 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=233a9f63-2274-43c1-8e2d-b6d9d5fdd734 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0





what is the UUID i need to add here at the bottom i tried



UUID=739e22d6-04f7-42f0-89e9-7e99603d63b3 /media/media/ ext4 defaults,realtime 0 2


based on an old post
but it did not work


what is the correct line/ ? thanx shan

[nerdtron]

to determine the correct UUID of the device, you should use:

sudo blkid

next, be sure that a folder exists for its mount point

mkdir /media/extradrive

next, unmount the drive so that we can test automounting it.
see that the drive is not mounted.

df -h

then edit the fstab, lesser options means lesser error. here's a sample for it, no trailing slash on the folder mount

UUID=cc7b5de6-680c-4638-a85f-9f114d6253b8 ext4 /media/extradrive defaults 0 0

Then test the automounting by re-reading the fstab.

mount -a

Then see the mounted drives again.

df -h

[coldraven]

I think that /media is where removable devices get mounted. As you have an internal drive I suppose that it would be better to mount it under /mnt.
You could also label the drive to make it more human readable. I would use gparted to create a label, say MYDATA.
So create a mount point

sudo mkdir /mnt/myfiles
Then your fstab would look like this, I don't know if the blue part is correct.

LABEL=MYDATA ext4 /mnt/myfiles default 0 0

[shantiq]

thanx guys used nerdtron's advice on this one

only thing was order of line is a bit different it seems on here


UUID=739e22d6-04f7-42f0-89e9-7e99603d63b3 /media/extradrive ext4 defaults 0 0

[Bucky Ball]

According to my fstab, this is what you should have:


UUID=739e22d6-04f7-42f0-89e9-7e99603d63b3 /media/extradrive ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1

Glad you got it mounting at boot. ;)

[shantiq]

yes Bucky might change it to that i think maybe if i understand why


is not 0 0 for the main boot or do i not understand any of this [i do not actually]


if i change 0 0 to 0 1 what does it mean?

and what does
errors=remount-ro actually do if you have the time to explain



sorry i am a TOTAL ignoramus as regards all things fstab



Thanx for all your help guys shan


PS it is working right now with the line mentioned before but i would not mind understanding the detail a bit more

[nerdtron]

See here for the explanations on each column of the fstab. I think the last two columns are fsck file check order and dump.
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/38125/htg-explains-what-is-the-linux-fstab-and-how-does-it-work/


As for the error=remount-ro, when your partition encountered errors during the fsck, it will be mounted as read-only, probably to protect it from further write operations until you run fsck again.

[shantiq]

ha ok thanx for clarifications N; anyway your original line went very well here