Installing external drives on Ubuntu involves using mounting tools and proper setup.
Installing external drives on Ubuntu involves using mounting tools and proper setup.
You’re seeing the drives listed but not automatically accessible after reboot. It seems they’re detected by the system but don’t appear in Steam’s selection. The DISK utility shows them as unmounted, which might mean Steam isn’t recognizing them until you manually add them. Once you add the drive to Steam, access to games should work again. The files in File Explorer also display UUIDs, confirming they’re present. You can use `blkid` to verify identifiers and ensure the correct mount points are set. The fstab file contains the necessary entries for persistence. Follow the guides using the UUIDs for proper mounting. If you have access rights, try mounting them directly in the terminal or via Steam’s settings.
I resolved the issue. The relevant UUIDs are listed above. I followed the tutorial on YouTube and realized that the system didn't accept mounting the drives as expected, so I connected them to the media as shown in the example.
You must include the <type> value in fstab. Either name the filesystem explicitly (like ext4 or btrfs) or use auto. ... /games/ssd auto defaults,nofail 0 2 The fourth parameter controls defaults, nofail, etc., but the auto flag here doesn’t define the filesystem type—it just handles mounting automatically at boot or via mount -a. It doesn’t set the fs type either. Since you attempted using fs type and it didn’t work, check if the timeout was too long (possibly 2 minutes or more). Try removing one drive to test, or pick a different one if needed. Edit: good news, the fs type is now set, so likely the issue was permissions or missing directories. Updated: Dec 23, 2025 by Biohazard777
The system experienced a malfunction and switched to emergency mode. Fortunately, I managed to adjust the FSTAB settings afterward. I simply applied the hashtags to exclude the commands. My second update succeeded, which suggests I'm doing well.