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date = '2026-08-02T20:58:52-04:00'
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title = 'fstab guide'
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draft = true
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When I was but a burgeoning console junkie cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle. Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?
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Why not.
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This brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today's guide we'll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)
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## STOP TALKING AND GIVE ME INFO
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I'm assuming your drive is already installed. If not, To begin, if you don't already have it, I like to use Gnome's Disk Utility on most of my distributions. Install it with:
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```bash
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sudo pacman -Syyu
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sudo pacman -S gnome-disk-utility
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```
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Then we leave that terminal open to the side, and open up what we just installed. You can either search "Disks" in your app launcher, or run:
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```bash
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gnome-disk-utility
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```
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Ideally you'll have Disks on one window, terminal on the other.
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Now. In Disks, you'll want to format your disk from the 3-dot menu in the top right.
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Once formatted, mount the sucker. Name it something you'll remember, we'll need it soon.
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*(Quick note! If you plan to daily this drive in Linux, leave it as "ext4". If you intend to dual boot, format to "fat32")*
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Now you're formatted. You'll notice a little string of numbers under the partition now, a field labeled "UUID". We need that. Copy paste your UUID, and move over to the terminal
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In your terminal, run
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```bash
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sudo nano /etc/fstab
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```
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