open a terminal.
basically dolphin used to show my partitions. I would mount them from there and use my other drives. After the update dolphin doesnt show partitions at all. Also the mount command does not work and kicks out an fstab error. Whatever automated process the install did to make drives mountable has been completely nuked.
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# / was on /dev/nvme1n1p2 during curtin installation
/dev/disk/by-uuid/0a7abf##REDACTED## / ext4 defaults 0 1
# /boot/efi was on /dev/nvme1n1p1 during curtin installation
/dev/disk/by-uuid/##REDACTED## /boot/efi vfat defaults 0 1
/swap.img none swap sw 0 0
UUID=e5d##REDACTED## /mnt/dsk/1 auto defaults 0 0
UUID=f28##REDACTED## /mnt/dsk/2 auto defaults 0 0
UUID=22b##REDACTED## /mnt/dsk/3 auto defaults 0 0
UUID=fbf##REDACTED## /mnt/dsk/4 auto defaults 0 0
/mnt/dsk/*/ /mnt/pool fuse.mergerfs func.readdir=cor,func.getattr=newest,lazy-umount-mountpoint=true,cache.files=off,moveonenospc=true,dropcacheonclose=true,minfreespace=10G,category.create=pfrd,fsname=mergerfs 0 0
UUID=6d6##REDACTED## /mnt/wrk auto nofail 0 0
UUID=cf1##REDACTED## /mnt/dsk/5 auto defaults 0 0
UUID=866##REDACTED## /mnt/dsk/6 auto defaults 0 0
UUID=8e3##REDACTED## /mnt/etc auto nofail 0 0If these are windows . You might need to install the n2fs tools needed to mount it. I don't use any windows stuff so I don't know what's required for it. But there is likely a package. You will need to find the name for it. Or maybe someone here knows.
I usually recommend externals for a cheap and usually "good enough" backup, 2TB is easy to manage with that. If you want to set up a dedicated computer, look into setting up a NAS. You can continue the free route and do TrueNAS (FreeBSD) or OpenMediaVault (Debian) and set it up yourself, it isn't that hard since they have tools to do most of the heavy lifting and good web interfaces. You don't need fancy hardware but they support it. Definitely better than an external since you get redundancy and flexibility but steeper barrier to entry and some setup time versus using a drive you plug in sometimes.
Don't do that. Use whichever on you prefer and stick with it. I don't see why it would mess things up here but it's redundant at best.
I don't know about "best practice," I use lsblk to get the UUIDs.
lsblk -o NAME,SIZE,UUID,FSTYPEsudo mount /dev/sdx1 /mnt/mountdir
yay just uses pacman behind the scenes. There's zero reason you should be using both. Please do not use both.
Tried that and Terminal output was fatrace wasn't found. Is that a package I have to install?
bash: fatrace: command not found
Did you even read my post? I explicitly outlined that MX or Devuan should be the newbie choice because they are so simple and intuitive, but also happen to lack systemd. Why should I suggest something does the same exact thing but comes with pottering shovelware?
See, that's the problem. I suggested MX explicitly because it is just as easy to use as Mint sans systmed. Say what you will, but I see the widespread adoption of systemd as a problem, and so naturally, I wouldn't recommend a newbie get hooked on it from the get go.
Would highly recommend running a super simple RAID or ZFS. Not to go into too much detail, but if you've got more than one 1/2 TB drives, I'd look into mirroring your sensitive files to keep them safe in case of drive failure. Like @Aidan said, you can jam them in either a simple case or an old PC. Just be aware that if you buy refurbished server drives, they can get very loud and run very hot.
What do you mean by filesystem layout?
This whole time I thought /mnt was a placeholder for a mount location.... I didn't realize y'all were referring to an actual thing
Didn't you use /mnt during the arch install process? It's been a while since I've done one but back in like 2022 that was the default place you mounted your root to prior to pacstrap
It's less he opposes Israel and more that he supports the palestinians. His reasoning is that Israel is an oppressive fascist coloniser state that slaughters innocent brown people, rather than "Israel is run by da jooos". It's the same retarded "palestinian solidarity" bullshit that leads to people importing masses of muslims into the west, in order to stick it to the oppressors and the colonisers, whoever they may be. Anyone who disagrees with his belief that the palestinians are entirely innocent in every circumstance is a nazi and should stop using Mint entirely. Not a rational position.
I'm using endeavourOS. Still arch. But not like arch arch
