automount external hdd

thufir hawat.thufir at gmail.com
Sun Aug 20 08:34:43 UTC 2017


I tried to format the disk:

http://paste.ubuntu.com/25353265/

thufir at doge:~$ 
thufir at doge:~$ sudo lsblk
NAME                  MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda                     8:0    0 74.5G  0 disk 
└─sda1                  8:1    0 74.5G  0 part 
  ├─ubuntu--vg-root   253:0    0 72.5G  0 lvm  /
  └─ubuntu--vg-swap_1 253:1    0    2G  0 lvm  [SWAP]
sdb                     8:16   0 55.9G  0 disk 
└─sdb1                  8:17   0 55.9G  0 part 
sr0                    11:0    1 1024M  0 rom  
thufir at doge:~$ 
thufir at doge:~$ sudo parted /dev/sdb mklabel gpt
Warning: The existing disk label on /dev/sdb will be destroyed and all 
data on this disk
will be lost. Do you want to continue?
Yes/No? Yes                                                               
Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.

thufir at doge:~$                                                            
thufir at doge:~$ sudo lsblk
NAME                  MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda                     8:0    0 74.5G  0 disk 
└─sda1                  8:1    0 74.5G  0 part 
  ├─ubuntu--vg-root   253:0    0 72.5G  0 lvm  /
  └─ubuntu--vg-swap_1 253:1    0    2G  0 lvm  [SWAP]
sdb                     8:16   0 55.9G  0 disk 
sr0                    11:0    1 1024M  0 rom  
thufir at doge:~$ 


Still not automounting; perhaps after a reboot.  That pointed me in the 
right direction at least, I think, so thanks!


-Thufir





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