dev/sdb1 on /media/My-Happy-Disk type vfat. You should see a line with your disk name on it like: Open your partition in nautilus (this makes sure it's mounted).Read below to find the uuid of your partition.įinding the device name of your Partition The command will mount /dev/sdb1 in /media/ where is the identifier of the particular partition. The bit after -mount is the device name of the partition you want to mount. For example: /usr/bin/udisks -mount /dev/sdb1 You can do the same thing on the command line with the udisks tool. When you mount a disc normally with the file browser (nautilus etc) it mounts disks by interacting with udisks behind the scenes. This is the modern replacement for gnome-mount. Systemwide mounts (/etc/fstab) can allow access from before login, and are therefore much more suitable for access through a network, or by system services.Ĭommands should be entered on a terminal (Type terminal in the program launcher of recent unity based Ubuntu releases, or select Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal from the menus on older releases). Per-user mounting does not require root access, it's just automating the desktop interface. Systemwide mounting (anywhere, often under /mnt) Unmounting a partition to prevent unwanted access.Viewing the system's physical information.Finding the device name of your Partition.