fstab

Table of Contents

1. Description

The file fstab contains descriptive information about the filesystems the system can mount.

2. Create new storage disk to mount on boot

2.1. Make sure the disk is not mounted

lsblk -f
findmnt

2.2. Unmount the drive if its mounted

umount /mnt/storage

2.3. Create a new partition table

2.4. Format the partition with ext4

3. Configure the /etc/fstab file

3.2. Add the device

The manual has a section about the mount options under FILESYSTEM-INDEPENDENT MOUNT OPTIONS

# <file system>  <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
UUID=ba13a47f-c3a5-4821-b60f-c40418666b46 /mnt/storage ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,nofail 0 0

3.3. Check for any errors

Make sure the mount command does not return any errors

mount -a

4. Adding storage to Steam

Settings > Downloads > Steam Library Folders

5. Related nodes

6. References