Two HDs in umbrelOS

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How do I have two disk drives? I have two HDs connected but only the HD where I downloaded UmbrelOS is showing up. How do I get them both to be recognized?

2

I have the same question, I installed Umbrel on the NVME but the PC has a 1 TB Sata drive also Id like to use for movies/etc.

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Courtesy of grok.com

To see what drives are in use and how to mount a drive in Linux, here are the steps:

1. Check Drives in Use

You can use several commands to list drives and their status:

  • lsblk: Lists block devices, including drives, partitions, and mount points.

    lsblk
    • Output shows devices (e.g., /dev/sda, /dev/sdb), their partitions, and mount points (if mounted).
    • Example:
      NAME   MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda      8:0    0  500G  0 disk 
├─sda1   8:1    0  100G  0 part /home
└─sda2   8:2    0  400G  0 part /data
sdb      8:16   0    1T  0 disk

  • fdisk -l: Lists all disk partitions (requires root privileges).

    sudo fdisk -l
    • Shows all disks and partitions, including those not mounted.
    • Example:
      Disk /dev/sda: 500 GiB, 536870912000 bytes, 1048576000 sectors
...
Device     Boot Start       End   Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sda1       2048 209715200 209713153  100G 83 Linux

  • df -h: Shows mounted drives and their usage.

    df -h
    • Displays mounted filesystems, their size, used space, and mount points.
    • Example:
      Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1       100G   50G   45G  53% /home
/dev/sda2       400G  200G  180G  53% /data

  • blkid: Lists UUIDs and filesystem types of all devices.

    sudo blkid
    • Example:
      /dev/sda1: UUID="1234-5678" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sdb1: UUID="abcd-efgh" TYPE="ntfs"

2. Mount a Drive

To mount a drive, follow these steps:

Step 1: Identify the Drive

Use lsblk or blkid to find the device name (e.g., /dev/sdb1) and its filesystem type (e.g., ext4, ntfs, vfat).

Step 2: Create a Mount Point

Create a directory where the drive will be mounted.

sudo mkdir /mnt/mydrive

Step 3: Mount the Drive

Use the mount command to mount the drive. Replace /dev/sdb1 with your device name and /mnt/mydrive with your mount point.

sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/mydrive
  • For specific filesystems, you may need additional options (e.g., uid=1000,gid=1000 for NTFS to set permissions).
    Example for NTFS:
    sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /mnt/mydrive

Step 4: Verify the Mount

Check if the drive is mounted:

df -h

or

lsblk

Step 5: Access the Drive

Navigate to the mount point to access files:

cd /mnt/mydrive
ls

3. Automount a Drive (Optional)

To mount a drive automatically on boot, edit /etc/fstab:

  1. Open /etc/fstab with a text editor:

    sudo nano /etc/fstab

  2. Add an entry for your drive. Example for an ext4 drive:

    UUID=1234-5678 /mnt/mydrive ext4 defaults 0 2
    • Replace 1234-5678 with the UUID from blkid.
    • Replace /mnt/mydrive with your mount point.
    • Replace ext4 with your filesystem type.

  3. Save and test the configuration:

    sudo mount -a

Notes

  • Unmounting: To unmount a drive:
    sudo umount /mnt/mydrive
  • Permissions: Ensure you have appropriate permissions for the mount point (sudo chmod or chown if needed).
  • USB Drives: Many Linux distributions auto-mount USB drives under /media/<username>/. Check with lsblk or df -h.
  • Errors: If mounting fails, check the filesystem type or repair the drive with fsck (e.g., sudo fsck /dev/sdb1).

If you need help with a specific drive or error, let me know!