Permanently mount HDD to Ubuntu / Automount partition in Linux / How to mount a drive in Linux bash/sh/zsh

automount-drive-in-ubuntu.sh

# Make a directory to mount the drive to
sudo mkdir /mnt/drive1

# First step of getting the UUID of the drive is to get the device path (ex: /dev/sdb2)
lsblk -e7 -e11 # e7 to hide loop devices and e11 to hide cdrom drives

# This is the way to mount in a non-permanent way (goes away after reboot)
# sudo mount /dev/sdb2 /mnt/drive1

# Get the UUID of the drive to mount
sudo blkid /dev/sdb2

# Update fstab with the drive data for mounting
# nobootwait will allow the system to boot even if the mount fails
# Update the UUID and the drive type (exfat may need to be ext4 or something else)
echo "UUID=<value> /mnt/drive1 exfat,nobootwait defaults 0 0" | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab

# Verify fstab updated properly
cat /etc/fstab

# Reboot and verify that your drive automounted
sudo reboot