# Fstab ## Table of contents 1. [TL;DR](#tldr) 1. [Sources](#sources) ## TL;DR ```txt # By label. # Get the label of a device: `e2label '/dev/sdc1'` # Mount a device by label: `mount -L 'seagate_2tb_usb' '/media/usb'` LABEL=seagate_2tb_usb /media/usb ext3 defaults 0 0 # By UUID. # Get the UUID of a device: `vol_id --uuid '/dev/sdb2'` # Mount a device by UUID: `mount -U '41c22818-fbad-4da6-8196-c816df0b7aa8' '/disk2p2'` UUID=41c22818-fbad-4da6-8196-c816df0b7aa8 /disk2p2 ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 # Remote NFS shares. # Mount a device: `mount 'nas.local:/volume1/media' '/media'` nas.local:/volume1/media /media nfs4 noauto,user 0 0 ``` ## Sources - [Mount a disk partition using LABEL] - [Mount a disk partition using UUID] [mount a disk partition using label]: https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/rhel-centos-debian-fedora-mount-partition-label/ [mount a disk partition using uuid]: https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-finding-using-uuids-to-update-fstab/