1. $ sudo fdisk -l
display device
Disk /dev/sdc: 2 TiB, 2197949513728 bytes, 4292870144 sectors
2. $ mkdir /media/DiskC
Better use /media instead of /mnt, because /mnt is usually the automatic mount point, may be replaced when restarting.
3 $ mount /dev/sdc /media/DiskC
Then error occured
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdc,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so.
(for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might need a /sbin/mount. helper program)
This is relevant given that you are trying to mount NFS. The
/sbin/mount.nfs helper program is provided by
nfs-common. You can install it with:
sudo apt install nfs-common
On the other hand, if you are trying to mount CIFS, the helper program is provided by
cifs-utils. You can install it with:
sudo apt install cifs-utils
4. convert file type
$ sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdc
goto step 3.
Done!
Auto mount on start up.
[IMPORTANT] sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.old - Create a backup of the fstab file just in case something unwanted happens.
Auto-mount at boot
We want the drive to auto-mount at boot. This usually means editing /etc/fstab.
Firstly, it's always best to use the drives UUID. To find the drive's UUID do
ls -al /dev/disk/by-uuid/
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Copy the resultant UUID (for your disk) and then open fstab for editing (note I'm using vim here but use whatever editor you prefer):
You want to add an entry for the UUID and mount point. Below is an example of an fstab file with an entry added for the mount above:
UUID=63a46dce-b895-4c1f-9034-b1104694a956 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
UUID=b9b9ee49-c69c-475b-894b-1279d44034ae none swap sw 0 0
UUID=19fa40a3-fd17-412f-9063-a29ca0e75f93 /media/data ext4 defaults 0 0
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Note: the entry added is the last line.
Test fstab
We always want to test the fstab before rebooting (an incorrect fstab can render a disk unbootable). To test do:
check the last line for errors. Warnings can help in improving your fstab.
Use lsblk -o NAME,FSTYPE,UUID to find out the UUIDs and filesystems of the partition you want to mount. For example:
$ lsblk -o NAME,FSTYPE,UUID
NAME FSTYPE UUID
sda
├─sda2
├─sda5 swap 498d24e5-7755-422f-be45-1b78d50b44e8
└─sda1 ext4 d4873b63-0956-42a7-9dcf-bd64e495a9ff
NTFS
UUID=<uuid> <pathtomount> ntfs uid=<userid>,gid=<groupid>,umask=0022,sync,auto,rw 0 0
Examples for the <> variables:
<uuid>=3087106951D2FA7E
<pathtomount>=/home/data/
<userid>=1000
<groupid>=1000
Use id -u <username> to get the userid and id -g <username> to get the groupid.
# Mount all disks
sudo mount -a