Unlike Windows, which automatically mounts all drives, Linux requires you to do this manually in most cases. So let's find out!
Mounting drives is done using the mount utility. It is usually used together with arguments.
Mounting via Mount
The process of mounting drives using the Mount utility is very simple. To do this, just enter a command specifying as arguments the partition that needs to be used for mounting and the directory where this partition should be mounted.
We can get a list of all existing partitions like this:
For example, let's mount the nvme1n1p3 partition to the /mnt directory:
To dismantle we use the following command:
You can view a list of all mounted devices in a simple way:
Mounting via UUID
To obtain information about the UUID of our server sections, enter this command:
We get something like this:
Next, go to the config, which contains information about all partitions mounted when the system boots:
Then, depending on the file system, you should add a line with the appropriate parameters to this config.
Let's say if we need to mount an NTFS partition, then in this case we should use the command:
For FAT and FAT32 file systems, the following command is suitable:
To update the changes made (mounting drives), enter the command:
Results
Ready! We learned how to manually mount drives. The article is relevant for most Linux distributions.
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