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How to mount and unmount drives on Linux

asked 9 months, 1 week ago 2318 views 1 answer

I connected a new drive. How do I mount it and access the files?

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# List available drives
lsblk
fdisk -l

# Create mount point
sudo mkdir /mnt/mydrive

# Mount drive
sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/mydrive

# Unmount
sudo umount /mnt/mydrive

# Auto-mount on boot (add to /etc/fstab)
/dev/sdb1 /mnt/mydrive ext4 defaults 0 2

ahmed_tech Platinum answered 9 months, 1 week ago

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