IssueI have a Linux Mint installation. Every time that I boot, I need to manually mount the two partitions on my computer(New volume D and Drive C). If I  don't do this, these drives don't show up anywhere. I want to know if there is some way to automate this process.GoalAutomatically mounting all the partitions on the hard disk each time I boot.SpecsLinux Mint 14 dual boot with Windows XP SP3
Mounting all partitions on hard disk automatically on Linux Mint
linux;automounting
You can do this through the file /etc/fstab. Take a look at this link. This tutorial also has good details.Example stepsFirst you need to find out the UUID of the hard drives. You can use the command blkid for this. For example:% sudo blkid/dev/sda1: TYPE=ntfs UUID=A0F0582EF0580CC2/dev/sda2: UUID=8c2da865-13f4-47a2-9c92-2f31738469e8 SEC_TYPE=ext2 TYPE=ext3/dev/sda3: TYPE=swap UUID=5641913f-9bcc-4d8a-8bcb-ddfc3159e70f/dev/sda5: UUID=FAB008D6B0089AF1 TYPE=ntfs/dev/sdb1: UUID=32c61b65-f2f8-4041-a5d5-3d5ef4182723 SEC_TYPE=ext2 TYPE=ext3/dev/sdb2: UUID=41c22818-fbad-4da6-8196-c816df0b7aa8 SEC_TYPE=ext2 TYPE=ext3 The output from the blkid command above can be used to identify the hard drive when adding entries to /etc/fstab.Next you need to edit the /etc/fstab file. The lines in this file are organized as follows:UUID={YOUR-UID}    {/path/to/mount/point}               {file-system-type}    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1Now edit the file:% sudo vi /etc/fstabAnd add a file like this, for example:UUID=41c22818-fbad-4da6-8196-c816df0b7aa8  /disk2p2      ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1Save the file and then reprocess the file with the mount -a command.Windows partitionsTo mount an ntfs partition you'll need to do something like this in your /etc/fstab file:/dev/sda2   /mnt/excess ntfs-3g    permissions,locale=en_US.utf8    0   2