{"id":43979,"date":"2023-05-09T14:10:50","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T14:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=43979"},"modified":"2023-06-22T12:39:31","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T12:39:31","slug":"auto-mount-external-disk-partitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2023\/05\/auto-mount-external-disk-partitions\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Auto Mount External Disk Partitions in Ubuntu 22.04 | Fedora 37\/38"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This tutorial shows how to automatically mount external disk partitions on startup of Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, and most other Linux.<\/p>\n

I bought a new SSD recently. Now, I have 2 solid-state drives (SSDs) connected on my computer. Ubuntu 22.04 is installed on one SSD drive, while another one contains VirtualBox Virtual Machine files.<\/p>\n

As result, I have to click open the external SSD partition in file manager every time on startup to mount it. So the files on that SSD are accessible via mount point (usually “\/media\/username\/xxx<\/code>“). Or, all virtual machines in VirtualBox will be marked as “Inaccessible”.<\/p>\n

To make life easier, it’s possible to auto-mount the external file partition. So user doesn’t have to make one more mouse click in file manager every time on startup. And, here’s what I did in Ubuntu 22.04.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: For most desktop Linux, there’s an easier way to auto-mount disk driver or partitions on startup. See this tutorial<\/a> for details.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Step 1: Get Device Name or ID of External Disk Partition<\/h3>\n

First, search for and open the “Disks<\/b>” tool from system app launcher.<\/p>\n

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Launch Disk<\/p><\/div>\n

When it opens, select the disk in left pane, and highlight the desired file partition in right. There, copy or write down the Device name (usually \/dev\/xxx), and UUID.<\/p>\n

In my case, I need to get the info about:<\/p>\n