Cant figure out how to mount and use second ssd

[Tacostud]

Hi, i recently built a new computer and have installed kubuntu on it for the first time. I like alot of it but i cant figure out how to use my second ssd (my larger and better one i planned to use). When ever i am in dolphin only my smaller boot drive shows up.

[skyfishgoo]

in the system tray there is an item called Disks & Devices... if you open configure on that you should see a list of all your attached disks with check boxes for if you want them mounted at login or not.

also in dolphin, you can right click in the places panel, on the devices label, and check the box that says show all to make sure nothing is hidden.

[claydoh]

Has it been formatted yet? If it is a new drive, it won't be, so It won't appear if it doesn't have a file system.

You can use Partition Manager for this.

Once formatted, it should show up in Dolphin, possibly needing a reboot or logout.

Note: you will need to deal with permissions as Linux file systems defaults to root access.
But you should be able to do this without any extra work:



Don't use NTFS if you aren't going to have Windows on this system.

[oshunluvr]

Welcome to KFN and Linux!

In addition to the above, using KDE Partition Manager, you will be able to create and set a mount point so you can access it every time you log in. Non-removable devices are traditionally mounted via a file named fstab in the /etc/ folder. Once you have formatted the partition(s) in KDE Partition Manager, right-clicking on a partition will bring up an option to "Edit Mount Point." This will add an entry to fstab for you so it's mounted automatically.





The steps are:

1. Decide how you want to use the drive space.
2. Create a folder to mount it to.
3. Launch KDE Partition Manager and format the partition
4. Add the mount point
5. Repeat if you have more partitions.

The "Edit Mount Point" dialog window:


You can ignore most of it. Type in the path or click on "Select" and navigate to your mount point folder. You'll probably want to click the "Users can mount and unmount" to make it easier for you to use later.

Assuming you use the EXT4 file system (the old standard) you will also need to modify ownership of the file system to your user the first time you mount it.

The easiest way to do this is from the command line using Konsole. The command is simple - I assume you are the primary user of the system and I used "MOUNT" to mean the full path to folder that you mounted the file system to. By "full path" in mean the entire path to the mount folder. For example, if you create a folder under your home folder, the full path is /home/<YOUR USERNAME>/MOUNT. So if your username is "taco" and your mount folder is "stuff", then the path is "/home/taco/stuff"

Once you've got that all figured out and done, open Konsole and enter this:

sudo chown 1000:1000 /MOUNT

then exit or close Konsole. You won't have to do this again.

[claydoh]

Even if you don't create a physical mount point, the new file system will still be visible and available in Dolphin's sidebar, and automounting for these can be configured in System Settings.

I myself haven't added any of my local internal ext4 or NTFS drives via an fstab entry in ages.
Automount puts them as /media/<username>/<label or ID
If you stick to the automount option, it can be helpful to add a Label to your partition(s) to make the naming a bit more sane and readable.