# Mounting My Linux Library **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-linux\ **Created:** [February 4, 2021, 1:11am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/mounting-my-linux-library/686573 "2021-02-04T01:11:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Celestialbiscuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Celestialbiscuit](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Celestialbiscuit)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 12:11am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/mounting-my-linux-library/686573/22 "2021-02-08T00:11:16Z")
I have paramedics on standby, Chuckster, just in case. We can do this. I BELIEVE IN YOU. ---
**Author:** ![Celestialbiscuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Celestialbiscuit](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Celestialbiscuit)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/mounting-my-linux-library/686573/23 "2021-02-08T00:16:05Z")
I was a bit of a nervous nelly, and didn’t try this straight away, but it seems the the -d flag here worked. _my own mood improving, if no one else’s_ Suppose, I shall head back to this fork in the road, here: > One thing you might want to do here is make the NTFS drive “clean” from the linux perspective. > > If you see it mounted now. wherever it is, remember where it’s mounted (the device & partition info) > > ```auto > sudo umount /dev/sdxx > sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdxx > > ``` > > Now check the label to make sure it’s what you want: > > ```auto > sudo ntfslabel /dev/sdxx > > ``` > > If not right, > > ```auto > sudo ntfslabel /dev/sdxx NewLabelName > > ``` > > Lastly, if the UUID info is correct, > > ```auto > sudo mount /ntfs/partition/mount/point > > ``` > > This last step confirms everything in /etc/fstab is correct for that drive. ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 12:23am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/mounting-my-linux-library/686573/24 "2021-02-08T00:23:18Z")
yuck. This is why I don’t use NTFS. It’s EVIL. 👿 That scripting (from Kubuntu) is indeed broken if it creates this mess. Definitely take your time and walk back through the steps. Try to understand what each does along the way. If you want to read about a command, the full docs are always there: for example: ```auto man ntfslabel ``` ---
**Author:** ![Celestialbiscuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Celestialbiscuit](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Celestialbiscuit)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 12:30am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/mounting-my-linux-library/686573/25 "2021-02-08T00:30:40Z")
```auto # sudo umount /dev/sdb2 umount: /dev/sdb2: not mounted. # sudo ntfslabel /dev/sdb2 New Volume # sudo ntfslabel /dev/sdb2 Westie # sudo ntfslabel /dev/sdb2 Westie # sudo mount /ntfs/partition/mount/point mount: /ntfs/partition/mount/point: can't find in /etc/fstab. ``` ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 12:32am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/mounting-my-linux-library/686573/26 "2021-02-08T00:32:36Z")
_cough_ Where are you going to mount it? > /ntfs/partition/mount/point This is where you replace my text with where you’re going to mount it . It should be the same directory path you entered in /etc/fstab. Don’t use my text literally. 🤦‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![Celestialbiscuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Celestialbiscuit](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Celestialbiscuit)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 12:39am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/mounting-my-linux-library/686573/27 "2021-02-08T00:39:32Z")
Heh. I don’t know how I should know where the drive should be mounted, but I’m happy to learn. I don’t see us discussing etc/fstab or have it in my console? This is what I saved (before we changed the drive name), as instructed from your handy guide: dev/sdb2 = /media/rudy/New Volume LABEL=“New Volume” UUID=“042603022602F488” TYPE=“ntfs” PARTLABEL=“Basic data partition” PARTUUID=“711f66fc-3457-4475-9197-0d350cb64a71” ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 12:42am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/mounting-my-linux-library/686573/28 "2021-02-08T00:42:16Z")
I presumed, since you referenced my How-To, that you had chosen a location to mount the drive(s). In my How-To, I show `/disks` but any non-conflicting name which suits you is perfectly OK. Underneath that directory is where we place multiple drives – OR – mount a single drive – depending on the case. > [@Linux Tips](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-tips/276247/2): > > Using other hard drives (Windows or Linux) with PMS This How-To is written to help with Internal and External drives. It also is written to demonstrate how to cope with NTFS and EXT4 formatted drives. By logical extension, any format supported by Linux can be handled using the technique shown here. In all cases, the goal is to give user plex permission to read your media files which Linux doesn’t allow by default due to its strict security model. We will walk through the steps needed … After you went through that How-To , where did you decide to put the drive ? What did you enter into /etc/fstab for it ? ---
**Author:** ![Celestialbiscuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Celestialbiscuit](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Celestialbiscuit)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/mounting-my-linux-library/686573/29 "2021-02-08T00:51:49Z")
Ah, I see where we are, per the guide. > **C. Create the locations where we will graft everything into Linux** …at which point, we countered our strange NTFS stuff. I had begun the graft, and simply have the two folders mkdir’d in `root/disks` You know, it’s getting late over here in the UK, and I feel guilty that I’ve taken too much your time,. Chuck. I am attempting to fix this all up for my partner, who is having a tough time health-wise very far away from me right now and would like to watch fancy schmancy foreign films and/or cheesy 80s romances with me. So, for heroic boyfriend reasons I’m definitely going to return a bit later in the week, if that’s okay by you, to see if we can indeed get to the finish line. Please enjoy the rest of you’re weekend and thanks for what help you have given, so far, good sir. ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/mounting-my-linux-library/686573/30 "2021-02-08T00:52:52Z")
Let me know when. If need be, we can make arrangements for me to help outside the forum. As for time, I have time. Just let me know. ---
**Author:** ![Volts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a5b964/32.png) [@Volts](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Volts)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 3:32am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/mounting-my-linux-library/686573/31 "2021-02-08T03:32:21Z")
> [@Celestialbiscuit](#): > > heroic boyfriend 👍 The best motivation. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 3:32am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/mounting-my-linux-library/686573/32 "2021-05-09T03:32:22Z")
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