Project Wild Penguin 18.4.2017: Label Partitions and Automount on Startup

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Label Partitions:

To label partitions on Linux based system from command line, follow the process given below:

 Replace /dev/sdxN with your partition (e.g. /dev/sdc1).

  • for FAT32:
    sudo mlabel -i /dev/sdxN ::"my_label"
    or:
    sudo fatlabel /dev/sdxN my_label
  • for NTFS:
    sudo ntfslabel /dev/sdxN my_label
  • for exFAT:
    sudo exfatlabel /dev/sdxN my_label
  • for ext2/3/4:
    sudo e2label /dev/sdxN my_label
  • for BTRFS:
    sudo btrfs filesystem label /dev/sdxN my_label
To label them through GUI based app, you can use GParted tool.

Automount Partitions:


To automount partitions on startup, follow the process given below:

Fire up a terminal.
  1. [IMPORTANT] sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.old - Create a backup of the fstab file just in case something unwanted happens.
  2. sudo blkid - Note the UUID of the partition you want to automount.
  3. sudo nano /etc/fstab - Copy the following line to the end of the file, save it and reboot afterwards to check if it worked.
UUID=<uuid> <pathtomount> <file system> uid=<userid>,gid=<groupid>,umask=0022,sync,auto,rw 0 0

 Examples for the <> variables:
<uuid>=3087106951D2FA7E

 <pathtomount>=/home/data/

 <file system>=ntfs-3g (for an NTFS partition)

 <userid>=1000

 <groupid>=1000

Use id -u <username> to get the userid and id -g <username> to get the groupid.

(Note that specifying the sync option can slow down write performance as it disables the cache. async is the default.)

Screenshot of my computer's _fstab_ file

Sources:

  • https://askubuntu.com/questions/276911/how-to-rename-partitions
  • https://askubuntu.com/questions/164926/how-to-make-partitions-mount-at-startup-in-ubuntu-12-04

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