2nd hard drive mount point

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2nd hard drive mount point

Post by kappeal »

Hey guys,

I have installed linux mint on my computer successfully. i installed it on a 128gb ssd, and i want to install steam games. i put in a internal 200gb hard drive for the games, but everytime i shut down my computer it unmounts the hard drive. what mount point should i put the hard drive at just for installing games?
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Re: 2nd hard drive mount point

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i put in a internal 200gb hard drive for the games, but everytime i shut down my computer it unmounts the hard drive.
All drives are unmounted at shutdown...not sure how a drive could be mounted when the power is off.
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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Re: 2nd hard drive mount point

Post by dontNull »

Flemur wrote:All drives are unmounted at shutdown...
This true.

Do you mean that you want the drive to remount automatically every time you start up?

If so you would have edit /etc/fstab with an auto option.
(It should not matter where you want to mount the drive (partition.))

If this is what you want and need more detailed instructions, post back.

Jay :)
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Re: 2nd hard drive mount point

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Post the results of these 2 commands, and we can provide specific details on how to automount the partition at boot.

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inxi -pou

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cat /etc/fstab
Mint 18.2 Cinnamon, Quad core AMD A8-3870 with Radeon HD Graphics 6550D, 8GB DDR3, Ralink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
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