This is my /etc/fstab file.
# /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a # device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices # that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5). # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0 # / was on /dev/sdh1 during installation UUID=bc5b19b4-1674-42f6-9508-08b7b37f3645 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1 # swap was on /dev/sdb5 during installation UUID=a87281f5-c64c-40dc-a3c4-5b10f475296e none swap sw 0 0 UUID=F824FD9424FD565A /mnt/Elements ntfs-3g rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096 0 0 UUID=1323B2B1180C1879 /mnt/MyMedia ntfs-3g rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096 0 0 UUID=4AD44F236B9F5FEA /mnt/MoreMedia ntfs-3g rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096 0 0 |
This is how I mounted my NTFS drive in Linux Mint. This line will mount the drive on boot and then you will have all of your Windows file easily accessible from within Linux.
Another way to get the ID of the drive is below. Just get the UUID of the drive and then add it to your /etc/fstab file. This command below will do the trick. Just find the UUID of the drive you wish to add.
bash 12:21:00 Fri Jul 12 [homer@deep-thought $ ls -hula /dev/disk/by-uuid/ total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 300 12-07-13 12:21 pm . drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 120 12-07-13 12:21 pm .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 12-07-13 09:17 am 1323B2B1180C1879 -> ../../sdi2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 12-07-13 09:17 am 167E04017E03D7FF -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 12-07-13 09:17 am 416810AC7F17BD81 -> ../../sdb3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 12-07-13 09:17 am 4282F11082F10965 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 12-07-13 09:17 am 4AD44F236B9F5FEA -> ../../sdi3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 12-07-13 09:17 am 52d826a6-7de5-45db-b693-dd7c7e82af37 -> ../../sda5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 12-07-13 09:17 am 802d4588-a1dd-4cbd-ac29-8e227b50402c -> ../../sdg1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 12-07-13 09:25 am a87281f5-c64c-40dc-a3c4-5b10f475296e -> ../../sdb5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 12-07-13 09:17 am b1e29c2d-865c-4b81-a151-9a3c0db72e19 -> ../../sdb2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 12-07-13 09:17 am bc5b19b4-1674-42f6-9508-08b7b37f3645 -> ../../sdi1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 12-07-13 09:25 am defb8794-934f-4a50-a606-522452258f64 -> ../../sdg5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 12-07-13 09:17 am e01436e0-4aa5-420b-94aa-0b35bd00020e -> ../../sdb1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 12-07-13 09:17 am F824FD9424FD565A -> ../../sdh1 |
Then add it to the /etc/fstab using this syntax. This is for an NTFS drive and will allow them to be automatically mounted upon booting Linux.
UUID=F824FD9424FD565A /mnt/Elements ntfs-3g rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096 0 0 |
This is better than mounting the drives manually every time you want to use them.
You can also use the mount command after mounting the drives manually in Nautilus, this will tell you which drive is mounted on which folder.
bash 12:23:43 Fri Jul 12 [homer@deep-thought $ mount /dev/sdg1 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro) proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) none on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (rw) none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw) none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw) none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw) udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620) tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,size=10%,mode=0755) none on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=5242880) none on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) none on /run/user type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=104857600,mode=0755) gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/homer/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=homer) /dev/sr0 on /media/homer/CFORDUMMIES5E type iso9660 (ro,nosuid,nodev,uid=1000,gid=1000,iocharset=utf8,mode=0400,dmode=0500,uhelper=udisks2) /dev/sdh1 on /media/homer/Elements type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096) /dev/sdi3 on /media/homer/More Media type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096) /dev/sdi2 on /media/homer/My Media type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096) /dev/sdi1 on /media/homer/bc5b19b4-1674-42f6-9508-08b7b37f3645 type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks2) |