Mount second storage as a extended storage

gnomo223

So, i have two drives on my notebook, a 256gb ssd that is running out of space, and a 1tb hdd that i used to store most things, but now i'm not clear in how to use it. The thing is i want to use it to install games onto the HDD without manually mounting every time to play then, maybe similar to what happen in other partitions on Windows like have a C:\ and a D:\, is that possible ? If yes, how can i do it ? Or maybe if there's a better solution, i'm all ears.

WetGeek

gnomo223 If yes, how can i do it ?

*nix systems use a single file system, where everything is mounted. I'm pretty sure you'll need to add a line to your /etc/fstab file that will mount your hard drive to a directory you've created for it -- i.e., a mount point. That's commonly done inside the /mnt root cirectory.

Mine mounts folders from another Linux machine on my network, and its first few shares look like this:

I've read that another way to do that is with a unit file (or set of those) that accomplishes the mounting via systemd. I've told myself that I'm going to go that route some day, but so far I haven't been that ambitious.

You could even auto-mount them that way, such that your HDD wouldn't be mounted until there's an attempt to access it. If it's loaded from /etc/fstab, you'll probably need to mount it manually after each reboot.

johano

gnomo223, you can link your 1TB drive to a location in your Home folder

Use the gnome-disks (search the main menu for "Disks") to find out where the 1TB disk is mounted. Let's assume it's mounted on /mnt/1TB

Now link the drive to a location on your Home

For example:
cd or cd ~ to go to root of your Home

then

ln -s /mnt/1TB morespace

This will create a link morespace on your Home storage (it can be any name you like, that is just an example)

Now if you change to the linked location, and list the files, you'll see the contents of the 1TB drive.

cd morespace
ls

You can also link individual folders on the 1TB drive to your home folder

An example: if you wanted to move your Music, Videos, or whatever, from Home to the 1TB, let's say Music.

Copy the Music folder to the 1TB disk
Delete the Music folder from your Home
Then link it back from the 1TB

ln -s /mnt/1TB/Music ~/Music

Your music player will continue to work as if the files had never been moved.

Check out Tutorials on linking files in Linux to get more understanding.

There's other ways to do it, like setting up LVM (Logical Volume Management), but not as straight forward).

Hope this will give you some idea.

Good luck!

gnomo223

When i get my work done i'll try it out, thank you guys!

gnomo223

Just to update, it works! Now i'm just lokking into auto-mount the storage on boot so i don't need to mount manually every timehttps://confluence.jaytaala.com/display/TKB/Mount+drive+in+linux+and+set+auto-mount+at+boot and found this guide, i'll try it out