{"id":12765,"date":"2022-10-22T11:29:14","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T15:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/?p=12765"},"modified":"2022-10-22T11:29:19","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T15:29:19","slug":"how-to-mount-an-external-drive-on-ubuntu-22-04-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/how-to-mount-an-external-drive-on-ubuntu-22-04-server\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Mount an External Drive on Ubuntu 22.04 Server"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>These instructions work for any USB storage device such as SSDs, HDDs, and thumb drives among others. To find the correct external drive on Ubuntu 22.04 or <a href=\"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/debian\">Debian<\/a> based Linux systems. look at the result of <code>sudo fdisk -l<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-bash\">$ sudo fdisk -l <\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>This is optional but recommended since in some cases the system might be using <code>\/media<\/code> in some other process and that might not allow you to unmount the disk easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-bash\">$ sudo mkdir \/media\/mydisk<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Now go ahead and mount it with the command below. Here we assume your disk is using NTFS filesystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-bash\">$ sudo mount -t ntfs \/dev\/sdb1 \/media\/mydisk<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Access your external drive on Ubuntu 22.04 using the command-line below or navigate to the drive using the default Ubuntu GUI file browser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-bash\">$ cd \/media\/mydisk<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In most cases on the Ubuntu 22.04 Desktop the disk would normally be plug and play but the above instruction will come in handy should it not be mounted automatically by the system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These instructions work for any USB storage device such as SSDs, HDDs, and thumb drives among others. 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