Re: "auto mount"

Patrick Dupre via users <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general
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Thank for the advice.
However, it seems that I have to install something, like NVMe?
Can I not do without this package ?
Why the FAT partition are recognize and not the ext4.
Is not an issue with the rights on the partitions?

>
> On Sat, 30 May 2026 11:26:26 -0400 None via users <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > You can use systemd mount and automount files for this. 
> 
> Yes, and this has the advantage of not being dependent of the Desktop.
> 
> > You need to make a pair of files for each partition you wish to mount. 
>  
> > Here is an example of the files I use to mount my NFS shares from my NAS: 
> 
> > <code>
> > [Unit]  
> > Description=Mount ZimaOS Quick-Storage  
> > After=network-online.target  
> > Wants=network-online.target  
> > 
> > [Mount]  
> > What=192.168.50.4:/media/nvme0n1p1   
> > Where=/mnt/storage_server/NVMe  
> > Type=nfs  
> > Options=defaults,noatime,nodiratime,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,timeo=14,soft  
> > 
> > [Install]  
> > WantedBy=multi-user.target
> > </code>
> 
> This should be written in the file:
> 
>   /etc/systemd/system/mnt-storage_server-NVMe.mount
> 
> but it is better IMO to not enable this unit, and thus the [Install]
> section is not needed, nor the ordering After=, but enable only the
> .automount unit.
> 
> Here is an example to mount sde8 (that has the pdupre label).
> 
> /run/media should not be used because it is managed by the
> Desktop. Use instead /mnt/SOME_NAME.
> 
> ---------- /etc/systemd/system/mnt-pdupre.mount ----------
> [Unit]
> Description=%n
> 
> [Mount]
> What=LABEL=pdupre
> Where=/mnt/pdupre
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> 
> ---------- /etc/systemd/system/mnt-pdupre.autmount -------
> [Unit]
> Description=%n
> 
> [Automount]
> Where=/mnt/pdupre
> 
> [Install]
> WantedBy=multi-user.target
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Then, enable the .automount unit:
> 
>   sudo systemctl enable mnt-pdupre.autmount
> 
> To test before rebooting:
> 
>   sudo systemctl start mnt-pdupre.autmount
>   ls -l /mnt/pdupre
>   findmnt /mnt/pdupre
> 
> findmnt should give here (after the access done by ls) something like:
> 
>   TARGET   SOURCE    FSTYPE OPTIONS
>   /mnt/pdupre systemd-1 autofs rw,relatime,fd=130,pgrp=1,timeout=0,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct,pipe_ino=118033
>   /mnt/pdupre /dev/sde8 ext4   rw,relatime,seclabel
> 
> -- 
> francis
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