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redcalcium ,

Just some tip: if you’re not comfortable editing /etc/fstab directly, use gnome-disk-utility app to edit mount options from GUI.

mrbigmouth502 ,
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Can gnome-disk-utility set up permanent mounts? I've used it for other things before, but I've never used it to permanently mount a drive. If so, I wish I knew about that sooner.

redcalcium ,

Yes, if you check the “mount at system startup” checkbox, it’ll update fstab for you. My only problem was when deleting partitions on gnome-disk-utility, it doesn’t automatically delete the fstab entries it previously created. You’ll need to manually clean it up yourself. This might cause mount problem if you delete and recreate the partition with the same mount settings because there are now two fstab entry, where the first entry references partition that no longer exist.

mrbigmouth502 ,
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Good thing to be aware of. I usually edit fstab manually anyway, but this is worth knowing if I'm helping someone out.

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