Find the external drive using fstab
pi@raspberrypi:/mnt$ sudo fdisk -l Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 7964 MB, 7964983296 bytes 4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 243072 cylinders, total 15556608 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000827fa Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/mmcblk0p1 2048 1671875 834914 e W95 FAT16 (LBA) /dev/mmcblk0p2 1679360 15491071 6905856 85 Linux extended /dev/mmcblk0p3 15491072 15556607 32768 83 Linux /dev/mmcblk0p5 1687552 1810431 61440 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/mmcblk0p6 1818624 15491071 6836224 83 Linux Disk /dev/sda: 3000.6 GB, 3000592982016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 364801 cylinders, total 5860533168 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000af53a Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 2048 2930266111 1465132032 83 Linux /dev/sda2 2930266112 1565565871 1465133528 83 Linux
You want to mount it using its UUID instead of its /dev address because USB drives get mounted at different addresses on each boot while the UUID will be the same.
sudo blkid /dev/mmcblk0p1: LABEL="RECOVERY" UUID="3394-996E" TYPE="vfat" /dev/mmcblk0p3: LABEL="SETTINGS" UUID="7cc3c451-5b28-4fea-8eec-f7c2725966fb" TYPE="ext4" /dev/mmcblk0p5: LABEL="boot0" UUID="019E-DE96" TYPE="vfat" /dev/mmcblk0p6: LABEL="root" UUID="cc9b7456-235e-4718-8e53-faa76242e5f3" TYPE="ext4" /dev/sda1: UUID="cda18eda-8de5-43a1-a629-6737f5752f15" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
Add the drive to the file system table:
sudo vi /etc/fstab UUID=cda18eda-8de5-43a1-a629-6737f5752f15 /mnt/hdd1 ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
Reboot and the drive should be mounted!
