how do I get Linux Mint to reattached an external drive

[hextejas]

Every time I do a reboot I have 1 external drive that disappears until I go into, I think it's file manager, click on the drive, and then my external drive gets attached.
Until I do that all the links that I have to it don't work.
I would prefer that when I do a restart that all my files are visible.
thanks

[hextejas]

I think it must be an option with the mount command but I dont know which one.
This is what my present mount shows.
The device in question is sdb1

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sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,size=1968580k,nr_inodes=492145,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=402988k,mode=755)
/dev/sda5 on / type ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
tmpfs on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=5120k)
tmpfs on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,mode=755)
cgroup2 on /sys/fs/cgroup/unified type cgroup2 (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,nsdelegate)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,xattr,name=systemd)
pstore on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
none on /sys/fs/bpf type bpf (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,mode=700)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/perf_event type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,perf_event)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/hugetlb type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,hugetlb)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuset)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpu,cpuacct)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/pids type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,pids)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/devices type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/rdma type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,rdma)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/memory type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,memory)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls,net_prio type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,net_cls,net_prio)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,freezer)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,blkio)
systemd-1 on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type autofs (rw,relatime,fd=28,pgrp=1,timeout=0,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct,pipe_ino=17039)
hugetlbfs on /dev/hugepages type hugetlbfs (rw,relatime,pagesize=2M)
mqueue on /dev/mqueue type mqueue (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
tracefs on /sys/kernel/tracing type tracefs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
configfs on /sys/kernel/config type configfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
/dev/sda1 on /boot/efi type vfat (rw,relatime,fmask=0077,dmask=0077,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
tmpfs on /run/user/1000 type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=402984k,mode=700,uid=1000,gid=1000)
gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/1000/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=1000)
/dev/sdi1 on /media/hextejas/cbb92d11-8ef1-4baa-8e4f-ff01424c5176 type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uhelper=udisks2)
/dev/sdc1 on /media/hextejas/6042e901-7b89-4603-9c21-5a6454ece145 type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uhelper=udisks2)
/dev/sr0 on /media/hextejas/UC201501135A_EN1D type udf (ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1000,iocharset=utf8,uhelper=udisks2)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
/dev/sdb1 on /media/hextejas/MyData type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uhelper=udisks2)
hextejas@corky-pc:~$ 

[hextejas]

Do I need to change the fstab file ?
It looks pretty barren.

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# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
# / was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=cc1e451d-532e-48c0-b2fe-b8a52603de1c /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
# /boot/efi was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=5D21-9113  /boot/efi       vfat    umask=0077      0       1
/swapfile                                 none            swap    sw              0       0

[bodge99]

Hi,

What is happening here is exactly what the system is designed to do. You want something different.

To ensure that a drive is reconnected after booting, add it to your fstab.

The most robust way is by using the drive's partition **filesystem** UUID.
Use one 'mount' command per partition. Don't forget that the mountpoints must exist.
Connect the drive to the computer. Run the following: (redirected to a text file.).

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blkid > myUUIDs.txt

Now edit your 'fstab'. (using xed here.)

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sudo xed /etc/fstab

Add the line **after the system partitions** i.e at the bottom.. otherwise the mountpoints won't exist.

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# / was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=cc1e451d-532e-48c0-b2fe-b8a52603de1c /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
# /boot/efi was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=5D21-9113  /boot/efi       vfat    umask=0077      0       1
/swapfile                                 none            swap    sw              0       0
# My added external drive. Partition 1
UUID=aaaaaaaa-1111-bbbb-ccccc-dddddddd /home/username/Cat-videos ext4 defaults 0 3

# My added external drive. Partition 2
UUID=bbbbbbbb-2222-cccccccc-33333-eeeeeee /home/username/Dog-videos ext4 defaults 0 3

You can use 'mount -a' to force the fstab to be re-read (if the external drive had been disconnected).
Adjust your mount parameters to suit your own requirements ('man mount').

Bodge99