How to auto mount a drive in Linux

To mount any drive with any File system (NTFS, BTRFS, etc…) using fstab (File System Table), you’ll need to add an entry for the drive in the /etc/fstab file. Here’s how you can do it:

1. Find the UUID (Universally Unique Identifier) of your in ex: NTFS drive. You can do this by running the following command in the terminal:

sudo blkid

Look for the entry corresponding to your NTFS drive. It will look something like this:

/dev/sdb1: UUID="xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx" TYPE="ntfs" PARTUUID="xxxxxxxx-xx"

Note down the UUID value.

2. Decide on a mount point for your NTFS drive. This can be any directory you choose. For example, /mnt/ntfs.

3. Now, open the /etc/fstab file in a text editor with root privileges. You can use sudo with a text editor of your choice. For example:

sudo nano /etc/fstab

4. Add a new line to the end of the file in the following format:

UUID=<UUID> /mnt/ntfs ntfs defaults 0 0

Replace <UUID> with the UUID you noted down earlier.

5. Save and close the file.

Now, your NTFS drive will be mounted automatically at boot to the specified mount point (/mnt/ntfs in this example) with default options (defaults) for read/write permissions.

Make sure the mount point directory (/mnt/ntfs in this case) exists before you reboot, or you can create it using:

sudo mkdir -p /mnt/ntfs