SOLVED - LM 19 - how to get SDD to activate at startup so bookmarks work?

[MintyMorkyMindy]

Hi,

I am loving the new LM19, Cinnamon.

I have some bookmarks from my SDD in Nemo.

These don't work without me first having to click on the SDD at initial startup.

Is there a way that when I start LM19 I can go straight to my bookmarks without first having to click on the SDD to kinda activate it?

Thanks.

[catweazel]

Is there a way that when I start LM19 I can go straight to my bookmarks without first having to click on the SDD to kinda activate it?

Please post the output of this terminal command:

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lsblk

Enclose the results in-between [ⅽode] and [/ⅽode] code markers by selecting </> from the mini toolbar above the textbox where you type your reply.

Do the same for this command: sudo blkid

In your reply, identify the SSD from the output I've asked for.

[MintyMorkyMindy]

These are the problem drives. Two new SDD that replaced my old two HDD.

Identical problem.

They work fine. Just that my Nemo bookmarks won't work until I click on the drive to activate them.

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sdb      8:16   0 465.8G  0 disk 
└─sdb1   8:17   0 465.8G  0 part /media/username/drive name
sdc      8:32   0 465.8G  0 disk 
└─sdc1   8:33   0 465.8G  0 part /media/username/drive name

[Sir Charles]

Are they auto-mounted at boot via /etc/fstab?
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cat /etc/fstab

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sudo blkid -o list

[MintyMorkyMindy]

No they don't appear to be mounted at boot. I need to click on them.

sudo blkid -o list

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device     fs_type label    mount point    UUID
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/dev/sdb1  ext4    ABC  (not mounted) e5968d20-556b-4fe0-8e84-85dfcf19d6ae
/dev/sdc1  ntfs    ABC  (not mounted)  2EBAC943BAC90873

[MintyMorkyMindy]

This is at boot without activating the SDD by clicking on them.

sudo cat /etc/fstab

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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/sdd2 during installation
UUID=369e2b7e-4c86-45a5-bb5e-58400672c9df /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
# /boot/efi was on /dev/sdd1 during installation
UUID=090D-BD7B  /boot/efi       vfat    umask=0077      0       1
/swapfile                                 none            swap    sw              0       0

[Sir Charles]

Alright, with your drives unmounted, perform the following steps:

1.
Make a directory (mount point) for each one of your drives:

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sudo mkdir /media/$USER/DRIVE

replace DRIVE with the actual name of the drives.

2.
Edit /etc/fstab in order for the devices to be mounted at boot:

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xed admin:///etc/fstab

type in your password followed by enter. Copy and paste the following content at the end of the file, replacing DRIVE1, DRIVE2 and USER by their actual names:

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# Mounting DRIVE1 under /media/USER/DRIVE1
UUID=e5968d20-556b-4fe0-8e84-85dfcf19d6ae /media/USER/DRIVE1     ext4  defaults,noatime,nofail 0  2
# Mounting DRIVE2 under /media/USER/DRIVE2
UUID=2EBAC943BAC90873 /media/USER/DRIVE2     ntfs-3g defaults,nofail 0  0

save and close the file.

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sudo mount -a

Now your drives should show up among devices in the left pane of the file manager.

[MintyMorkyMindy]

Thanks for the replies.

I reinstalled LM19.

The SDDs mount. I have bookmarks from within one SDD using Nemo.

These bookmarks show within Nemo but are not click accessible until I click on the SDD first. Then the bookmarks all work.

I want to be able to click on the Nemo bookmarks and go to the SDD, without first having to click the SDD.

Is there an easy way, to fix this, preferably a gui?

Configuring the fstab is too complex for me. Would this work with "Start Up Applications"?

Thanks again.

[Sir Charles]

Hi MintyMorkyMindy,

If you're hesitant to manually edit the /etc/fstab or you just prefer a GUI tool for admin tasks, let GNOME Disks take care of the editing of disk mount point options. Just make sure to test your changes before rebooting, otherwise you could find yourself in a bit of a pickle.
How to edit Linux drive mount point options using a GUI

Good Luck!

[MintyMorkyMindy]

The problem and how it was solved.

Problem: I bookmarked folders from a SDD with Nemo. After reboot, the bookmarks did not work, because the SDD was not auto mounted.

Solution: Deselect the "User Session Defaults" per,
Menu / Preferences / Disks / Additional Partition Options / Edit Mount Options

Both of these are now not greyed out, Mount at system start-up and Show in user interface are selected.

[MintyMorkyMindy]

Setting the User Setting Defaults per the image has fixed the problem. Now the SDDs mount at boot and their folders are working with Nemo.



Thanks to everyone who replied above and tried to help ... much appreciated.

Thank you.