Mount disks Simple ext4 disk mount Check disks with Bashlsblk -f Bashmount -t ext4 /dev/sdc1 /backup/ In fstab This will mount disk on boot/reboot. Bash#device mountpoint fstype options dump fsck /dev/sdc1 /backup ext4 defaults 0 1 Use UUID Blkid-example commandoutput Bashsudo blkid /dev/sdc1 Bash Session/dev/sdc1: LABEL="backup" UUID="f8d290a6-8078-406c-8a1d-c1c82c5b560c" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTLABEL="backup-external" PARTUUID="804da48c-e966-4144-b05d-3a298185e4e2" Add in fstab BashUUID=f8d290a6-8078-406c-8a1d-c1c82c5b560c /backup ext4 defaults 0 1