How to automatically mount a removable USB device in a Docker Desktop Linux...
Problem: I want to run a Linux container via Docker Desktop, and have a removable device (e.g. USB stick) automatically mount within the container, when it's inserted.Up until now, I've been using WSL2...
View ArticleAuto unlocking and auto mounting 2nd (luks-encrypted) drive via Disks app, is...
I was looking for a way to auto unlock and auto mount a secondary luks-encrypted drive at login type and came across quite technical solutions involving creating a keyfile and editing etc/crypttab and...
View ArticleHow to mount partition permanently?
I am using Ubuntu Minimal + LXDE. I am wondering how can I auto-mount a partition (internal) on boot automatically. Currently I do something like mount /dev/sda3 /media/worksBut I want it to be...
View ArticleAutomount encrypted Luks USB device when connected
how can I automount an encrypted USB device (e.g. USB stick) via key file, when connected.What I did so farIt works during boot time. The device will be encrypted via keyfile and mounted in /mnt/usb,...
View ArticleUbuntu 22.04 - Nautilus - SMB mounts showing up twice on sidebar
I have an ubuntu 22.04 system (gobsmack) that has mounts to an SMB share \foosmb with three shares: alphashare, betashare, deltashareWhen I mount the foosmb shares on gobsmack, the entries for...
View ArticleAuto mount unprotected network drive
I have an unprotected(no password authentication required) network drive that I would like to map at start-up on Ubuntu desktop. I am manually mapping the drive to /mnt/drive, using the command sudo...
View Articleroot fs remounted automatically with USB drive plugged in
Hi experts and fellows,Im running Ubuntu 22.04.3 on an ODROID N2+ SBC from 128GB MMC and having an issue with remounted root filesystem when plugging in an USB Drive.Situation"boot" is mounted on...
View ArticleAutomount does not work after upgrade to 24.04 LTS
I just yesterday upgraded to 24.04.1 LTS from 22.04 LTSThe issue I have is that it does not automount network drives anymore. Manual mount works fine.In my /etc/fstab I have records...
View ArticleDo I need a keyfile (for auto mount) if both my encrypted boot drive and...
I'm on Ubuntu 24.04So, my boot drive has LUKS full disk encryption and my secondary drive is encrypted using LUKS as well, they both have the same password. I'm trying to get my secondary drive to auto...
View ArticleCan I boot Gparted live USB on a USB-C port?
I have an HP Laptop 15-ef1082nr (4S917UA) with the following port specs:Ports:1 USB Type-C® 5Gbps signaling rate (supports data transfer only and does not support charging or externalmonitors); 2 USB...
View ArticleTrying to mount/unmount USB drives so that their contents can be seen in a...
I would like to mount and unmount USB drives such that their contents can be seen from within a Docker container while it is running. I've mapped the directory to the container which the USB drives...
View ArticleTemporarily inhibit automount
Occasionally, I plug an external storage medium into my system because I want to use low-level disk tools such as dd or some partitioning tool. Automount is undesirable in that case.To this end, I...
View ArticleMounting an NTFS partition at boot and without password
I have a dual-boot Ubuntu/Windows laptop in which the Windows NTFS partition is shared with Linux. At the moment the mounting arrangement for this NTFS partition is such that it is not mounted through...
View Articlecifs/SMB automountd not working when moved from 24.04 as on 22.04
I have a fresh installation of Ubuntu 24.04.1 on an new SSD.I would like to take over as much as possible from my old system 22.04, especially the configuration of my automounter, but I can't get it to...
View ArticleUbuntu 24.04 doesn't recognize external usb drive
After upgrading from 22.04 to 24.04, Ubuntu doesn't recognize my external usb-drive.If I try to open the drive with the filemanager, I get the following error-message:Error mounting /dev/sdb4 at...
View ArticleHow do I get SD Card to show into Files-nautilus App (FAT32)?
hope anyone can provide me some lights on this matter.I have a Macbook Pro 13” Retina early 2015, it has internal Apple SD Card Reader, with macOS installed, the same SD Card (FAT32) used below is...
View Articlehow to auto mount drives connected to my ubuntu server mini pc
I have Ubuntu Server installed on an ASUS mini PC. On top of that, I have CasaOS installed. I see the drives that are not running the OS: 1 NVMe drive and one USB connected SSD drive in CasaOS. But...
View ArticleExternal HDD Doesn't Get Unmounted Properly During Reboot
not sure if this is the correct place to ask this but I'll try anyway. Recently got into building my own home server and Linux, but is currently running into this problem.I'm running everything using...
View ArticleHow to mount a NTFS partition in /etc/fstab?
I have two partitions that I want to mount on startup:/dev/sda3 /mnt/devel ext4 defaults 0 2/dev/sda2 /mnt/excess ntfs defaults 0 2The ext4 partition mounts fine (owned by me, writable only by me), but...
View ArticleErrors auto mounting google-drive-ocamlfuse
I recently set up google-drive-ocamlfuse so that I could use google drive from my desktop. I followed the instructions on this...
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