Have to Check on Disks Every Time I Boot the OS

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Have to Check on Disks Every Time I Boot the OS

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Hello everyone and thanks in advance for reading.
I run a dual-boot system with Windows 10 at the moment.
I run Linux Mint 20.2 Cinnamon.
After the OS installation every time I boot up the system I have to go to Files and click on every hard drive in the "Devices" section so that the OS could "recognize" it. Kinda..?
If I try to open any file that is in any other place than my File System, it'll show me an error prompt about the files are missing from the requested location with a recommendation to check the address. If I don't do this after booting then all the applications installed won't find any files that are on my storage devices.
It is not an annoying thing to consider per se but I wonder if such a thing could lead to more serious problems in the future.

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System:
  Kernel: 5.11.0-22-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 5.0.5 wm: muffin 5.0.1 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 
  Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: H170-D3H v: N/A serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Gigabyte model: H170-D3H-CF v: x.x serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: American Megatrends v: F3 date: 10/16/2015 
CPU:
  Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-6500 bits: 64 type: MCP 
  arch: Skylake-S rev: 3 L2 cache: 6144 KiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx 
  bogomips: 25599 
  Speed: 3300 MHz min/max: 800/3600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3289 2: 3287 
  3: 3223 4: 3300 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] driver: nvidia v: 465.27 
  bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1c03 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: nvidia 
  unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB/PCIe/SSE2 
  v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 465.27 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:a170 
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:10f1 
  Device-3: JMTek LLC. USB PnP Audio Device type: USB 
  driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus ID: 1-6:5 chip ID: 0c76:161e 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.11.0-22-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: Gigabyte driver: e1000e v: kernel 
  port: f000 bus ID: 00:1f.6 chip ID: 8086:15b8 
  IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: TP-Link 802.11n NIC type: USB driver: rtl8812au bus ID: 1-4:3 
  chip ID: 2357:010d serial: <filter> 
  IF: wlx18d6c711b0d6 state: down mac: <filter> 
  IF-ID-1: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 3.41 TiB used: 1.18 TiB (34.7%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 250GB size: 232.89 GiB 
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 3B6Q scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EFRX-68FYTN0 
  size: 931.51 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: 5400 rpm serial: <filter> 
  rev: 0A82 scheme: MBR 
  ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Toshiba model: HDWD120 size: 1.82 TiB 
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: 7200 rpm serial: <filter> rev: ACF0 scheme: MBR 
  ID-4: /dev/sdd vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB 
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 4B6Q scheme: GPT 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 118.65 GiB used: 44.76 GiB (37.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdd4 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 48.5 C mobo: 29.8 C gpu: nvidia temp: 49 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 28% 
Repos:
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/obsproject-obs-studio-focal.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/obsproject/obs-studio/ubuntu focal main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
  1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com uma main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
  2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
  3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
  4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
  5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
  6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/qbittorrent-team-qbittorrent-stable-focal.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/qbittorrent-team/qbittorrent-stable/ubuntu focal main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/riot-im.list 
  1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/riot-im-archive-keyring.gpg] https://packages.riot.im/debian/ default main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list 
  1: deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam.list 
  1: deb [arch=amd64,i386] https://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam
  2: deb-src [arch=amd64,i386] https://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam
Info:
  Processes: 276 Uptime: 1h 48m Memory: 15.57 GiB used: 5.85 GiB (37.5%) 
  Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash 
  v: 5.0.17 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.38
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Re: Have to Check on Disks Every Time I Boot the OS

Post by djph »

It's because those other filesystems (partitions) aren't mounted.

fix your /etc/fstab to mount those filesystems (partitions) at boot. If you need instructions, please provide details about the partitions and where they should be mounted.

Partition details can be gotten with the command

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lsblk
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Re: Have to Check on Disks Every Time I Boot the OS

Post by Flemur »

dumb_apple wrote: ⤴Sat Jul 17, 2021 8:09 am After the OS installation every time I boot up the system I have to go to Files and click on every hard drive in the "Devices" section so that the OS could "recognize" it. Kinda..?

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Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 3.41 TiB used: 1.18 TiB (34.7%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 250GB size: 232.89 GiB 
 ...
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 118.65 GiB used: 44.76 GiB (37.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdd4
You can have those partitions automagically mount at boot by adding a line(s) to the file /etc/fstab; the syntax and such is rather esoteric if you're not familiar with it, so you might try using the "Disks" (actually gnome-disks) program;
Try an internet search on

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linux gnome-disks auto-mount fstab
Please edit your original post title to include [SOLVED] if/when it is solved!
Your data and OS are backed up....right?
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