Automount HD at startup

[maycne.sonahoz]

First linking to some documentation :

The common way to mount partition automatically is to use fstab. When using gnome-disks like you are, you are actually editing that file.

[root tip] [How To] Mount partition using fstab

Make a permanent mountpoint. Linux Foundation Refererence The FHS document has a limited scope: Local placement of local files is a local issue, so FHS does not attempt to usurp system administrators. FHS addresses issues where file placements need to be coordinated between multiple parties such as local sites, distributions, applications, documentation, etc. So for the sake of this article there is no standard as we are talking about Local placement of local files is a local issue and…

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Fstab

Under the hood, the system actually translates fstab for systemd, so there is also sense in making the configuration directly for it.

[root tip] [How To] Use systemd to mount ANY device

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆ Disk device recognition Manjaro uses udev (see Arch Wiki) to load devices at boot time. The loading of devices is arbitrary and therefore you cannot predict which device will be available at a given path. But static device names do exist and you can assign specific locations to your device and thus ensure e.g. scripts will work as expected. What to learn Overview of system mount units Structure and Content of a mount unit Mount at boot (immediate mount) Mount on demand (m…

Now a few tricks:

• Once a partition is mounted, you can access it through its mount folder. But if you want “direct link” in your file manager side-panel, you can either:
  – use a folder in /media as mount point
  – add x-gvfs-show as mount option
• You can easily check if your automount configuration works without rebooting : mount -a

Lastly, a question :

@BaronAsh

UUID=ec4a266c-f6e1-497c-91ab-af62b4230b7a / ext4 defaults,noatime 0 0

Why are you trying to mount your extra partition as the root folder?