# Mounting Linux Drives

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.

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mount **«parameters» «- File System» «File Drive» «Final Catalogue for Installation»**
{% endhint %}

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The following arguments are available to users:

* **-v** — obtaining detailed information during the operation.
* **-h** — Help output.
* **-V** —output of the software version.
* **-a** —use all devices specified in **fstab** to mount.
* **-F** — creating an individual **mount** instance for each partition.
* **-f** — «fake execution». Allows you to see indirectly what will result from the execution of the command.
* **-n** —Don't log mount data in **Mtab**.
* **-l** — Adding a drive label to the mount endpoint.
* **-c** — use exclusively absolute paths.
* **-r** — installation for later reading of files.
* **-w** — installation for subsequent reading and writing of files.
* **-L** — mount the section by the label  «**Label**».
* **-U** — mount partition by **UUID**.
* **-B** — mount local directory.
* **-R** — remount the local directory.
  {% endhint %}

## 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:

```
fdisk -l
```

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For example, let's mount the **nvme1n1p3** partition to the /mnt directory:

```
sudo mount /dev/nvme1n1p3 /mnt/
```

To dismantle we use the following command:

```
sudo umount /mnt
```

You can view a list of all mounted devices in a simple way:

```
mount
```

## Mounting via UUID

To obtain information about the **UUID** of our server sections, enter this command:

```
sudo blkid
```

We get something like this:

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Next, go to the config, which contains information about all partitions mounted when the system boots:

```
sudo nano /etc/fstab
```

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:

```
UUID="0x0x0x0x0" /mnt/myfolder rw,nls=utf8,gid=plugdev,umask=0002 0 0
```

For **FAT** and **FAT32** file systems, the following command is suitable:

```
UUID="0x0x0x0x0" /mnt/myflash vfat rw,exec,codepage=866,nls=utf8,gid=plugdev,umask=0002,nofail,users 0 0
```

{% hint style="info" %}
Where «**UUID**=""» - UUID drive, which must be used.

«**/mnt/...**» - the location of the catalogue, where it is necessary to install.
{% endhint %}

To update the changes made (mounting drives), enter the command:

```
sudo mount -a
```

## Results

Ready! We learned how to manually mount drives. The article is relevant for most Linux distributions.


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