https://my-it-blog.netlify.app/tags/mounting/ Recent content in Mounting on My IT Journal Hugo en-us Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://my-it-blog.netlify.app/posts/usb-automounting/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://my-it-blog.netlify.app/posts/usb-automounting/ <h2 id="objective">Objective</h2> <p>Setting up automatic USB drive mounting on a Linux server using systemd mount and automount units</p> <hr> <h2 id="environment">Environment</h2> <ul> <li>OS: Ubuntu</li> <li>Tools: system, USB drive</li> </ul> <hr> <h2 id="step-1---find-partition-uuid">Step 1 - Find Partition UUID</h2> <p>Prerequisite: Plugin USB drive</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>blkid /dev/sdb1 </span></span></code></pre></div><p><img alt="sdb1" loading="lazy" src="https://my-it-blog.netlify.app/posts/usb-automounting/sdb1.png"></p> <p>Note: UUID and filesystem type</p> <h2 id="step-2---create-the-mount-unit">Step 2 - Create the Mount Unit</h2> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/mnt-usb.mount </span></span></code></pre></div><p><img alt="mnt-usb.mount" loading="lazy" src="https://my-it-blog.netlify.app/posts/usb-automounting/mnt-usb_mount.png"></p> <h2 id="step-3---create-automount-unit">Step 3 - Create Automount Unit</h2> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/mnt-usb.automount </span></span></code></pre></div><p><img alt="mnt-usb.automount" loading="lazy" src="https://my-it-blog.netlify.app/posts/usb-automounting/mnt-usb_automount.png"></p> <h2 id="step-4---enable-and-start">Step 4 - Enable and Start</h2> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo systemctl enable mnt-usb.automount </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo systemctl start mnt-usb.automount </span></span></code></pre></div><h2 id="step-5---verify-and-test">Step 5 - Verify and test</h2> <p>Check the automount is active:</p>