How Do I Mount a Drive in Linux Terminal?

Maya Lin-Takahashi
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Contents How Do I Mount a Network Drive in Linux Terminal? Map a Network Drive on Linux Open a Terminal and Type: Sudo Apt-Get Install Smbfs. Open a Terminal...

How Do I Mount a Drive in Linux Terminal?
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How do I mount a network drive in Linux terminal?

Map a Network Drive on Linux

  1. Open a terminal and type: sudo apt-get install smbfs.
  2. Open a terminal and type: sudo yum install cifs-utils.
  3. Issue the command sudo chmod u+s /sbin/mount.cifs /sbin/umount.cifs.
  4. You can map a network drive to Storage01 using the mount.cifs utility. …
  5. When you run this command, you should see a prompt similar to:

31 янв. 2014 г.

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  1. Find the disk name. sudo lsblk.
  2. Format the new disk. sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/vdX.
  3. Mount the disk. sudo mkdir /archive sudo mount /dev/vdX /archive.
  4. Add mount to fstab. Add to /etc/fstab : UUID=XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX /archive ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1.
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