[SOLVED] Mount a partition in command line

tranduyhung · 11-29-2010, 08:03 PM

Hi all,
I use a ext4 partition to store my data, to mount and open that partition I open Nautilus file manager, then click on the partition icon and label on the left side.
So if I don't have a desktop environment, how can I mount a partition in terminal?
Thank you very much

sycamorex · 11-29-2010, 08:08 PM

1. Check which drive it is (/dev/sda3, /dev/sdb1, etc) I always do it with 'fdisk -l'
2. Create a directory where you want to mount it, eg. /home/user/disk
3. As root you can mount it

Code:

mount /dev/sda3 /home/user/disk

There might be some specific mount options depending on the filesystem of the drive
What file system are we talking about? Is it a windows drive?