Mount External storage (Flash drive, SSD, HDD, …) to Linux machine: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) CentOS Cloud Linux Debian Ubuntu
Type of Mounting
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NFS recommend for UNIX/Linux OS
-
CIFS recommend for Window OS
- Check if NAS can be accessed
- Requirements
- NFS Mount
- NFS Mount
- Example: Mount NAS to Linux
- Auto Mount
Check if NAS can be accessed
ping 10.100.00.27.141
Requirements
- Check the Library of NFS and CIFS by searching the file /sbin/mount.
using command
ls /sbin/mount.*
If library not found, you can download from server via yum or apt-get command
- For Red-Hat / Fedora
sudo yum install nfs.utils
sudo yum install cifs.utils
- For Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install nfs-common
- Create Mount Point Make directory for mount using command like this
sudo mkdir /mnt/usb1
NFS Mount
- Set up directory for mount
sudo mkdir /mnt/<insertfoldername>
- Mount device use NFS type
sudo mount -t nfs <IP Address>:/<DriveVolumeName>/<NameofShare> /mnt/<FolderyouCreated> -o user=admin
What are them ?
-t : type of mounting
nfs : sharing mount
<IP Address>:/ : IP address of external drive
<DriveVolumeName>/ : Name of volume drive
<NameofShare> : Name of drive during sharing
NFS Mount
- Mount device use CIFS type
sudo mount -t cifs <IP Address>:/<DriveVolumeName>/<NameofShare> /mnt/<FolderyouCreated> -o user=admin
Example: Mount NAS to Linux
(read more about NAS)
- NFS
sudo mount -t nfs 10.100.27.80:/datavolume/public /mnt/usb -o user=nutt
- CIFS No permission
sudo mount -t cifs -o noperm //<IP Address>/<NameofShare> /mnt/<FolderyouCreated>
Mount with options: make username & password
sudo mount -t cifs //Hostname/Username -o username=username,password=password,rw,nounix,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0644,dir_mode=0755 /mnt
or
sudo mount -t cifs //10.100.27.80/Volume_1/ /media/usb/ -o user=nutt
or
sudo mount -t cifs //10.100.27.80/Volume_1/ /media/usb/ -o credentials=/root/.cifs.txt
where .cifs.txt file contains user & passwd, e.g.,
username=USER
password=PASSWORD
Auto Mount
Append the following command into the end of /etc/fstab file (root or sudo needed), for example,
10.100.27.80:/Volume_1/ /media/usb/ nfs defaults,nofail 0 0
Save and exit. Then mount using command
sudo mount /media/usb
Unmount
syntax: sudo umount MountPoint. For example,
sudo umount /media/usb/