#[SOLVED] Mount non-root HDDs

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ancient pewter
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This might be a newb question, but I've never used multiple drives in Linux. I'm using Arch with KDE Plasma (Wayland). I have 2 HDDS: one for media, and one for games. I can access them once I've manually mounted them, by accessing them with Dolphin. How can I mount these drives "permanently?" I.E. The drives are mounted on boot with read/write priveleges (without root since my user is not root)? is it as simple as sudo mount, or do I have to edit /etc/fstab? Thanks.

Edit: the media drive is formatted with NTFS (i have ntfs-3g installed), and the games drive has 2 partitions, one NTFS and one ext4 (dual boot so one for windows and arch)

grave stone
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You have to add the drive to your fstab for it to be mounted on boot

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.aw fstab

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ancient pewter
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so, for my NTFS drive, should the type be ntfs, or ntfs-3g?

grave stone
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btw you don't need ntfs-3g

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there's a kernel module ntfs3 for ntfs

ancient pewter
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ah ok

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do i need to install that kernel module?

grave stone
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no

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.aw ntfs

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ancient pewter
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so in my fstab file, it goes down as type ntfs

grave stone
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I think it's ntfs3

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if i'm not mistaken

ancient pewter
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alright

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if i fuck anything up with this will i brick the whole mounting process

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or will it just be for the other drives

grave stone
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I don't think fstab does well with syntax errors

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If you want I can write you a command to edit it

ancient pewter
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its alright

grave stone
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but i'll need the output of lsblk -f

ancient pewter
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do you mind if i show you what i have down?

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before i try it

grave stone
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You can show me

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sure

ancient pewter
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oops haha

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i tried it and it failed to mount

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it looks like it can be fixed though

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i’m not sure why it failed

grave stone
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show me your fstab

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maybe you made a typo

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it's also possible that the type should be just ntfs

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but let's rule out the typo first

ancient pewter
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the options might have to just be default

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the file path might be scuffed?

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but that’s where it was mounting to before

grave stone
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Ok so first you should do 0 2 at the end

ancient pewter
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ohh ok

grave stone
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And what are those uid and gid options

ancient pewter
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i found a stack exchange post in which it supposedly gives non root access for read and write

grave stone
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huh

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What

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That's so stupid

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Just modify the mount point

ancient pewter
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here’s what i have now

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i also just booted after making some changes

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so i think the problem was that the type should he ntfs

grave stone
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Just replace them with defaults

ancient pewter
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yes i did

grave stone
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When using mount it should be ntfs3 tho

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with -t

ancient pewter
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# /dev/sda1
UUID=384C077E4C073662   /run/media/kaya/Media   ntfs    default 0 2```
grave stone
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defaults

ancient pewter
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oh shit

grave stone
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with an s at the end

ancient pewter
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thanks lol

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let me add the other mount point for the ext4 games partition, then ill mark this as solved

grave stone
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btw

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for the kernel module

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there's no userspace utilities for it

ancient pewter
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mhm

grave stone
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you'll need

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this

ancient pewter
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ok so i booted up again (into KDE and not maintenance mode) and now both drives are mounted

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i think they're being mounted with ntfs-3g right now since i know i have that package installed

ancient pewter
grave stone
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no

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this aur package provides userspace utilities for the kernel module

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so you can use mount and things like that

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for ntfs

ancient pewter
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ah ok nice

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[SOLVED] Mount non-root HDDs

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thank you very much for the help @grave stone

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grave stone
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you can use the ntfs3 kernel module along with the aur package I sent you

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.aw ntfs

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