Guide to setup Auto Mount USB on Raspberry Pi
Why do i need to setup auto mount?
Raspberry Pi doesn’t mount USB drives on its own, you need to set it up to use a USB drive with Pi.
Step 1: Connect to Pi
Connect to the Raspberry Pi over SSH, or open the terminal using it with GUI.
Step 2: Connect to USB drive
Step 3: List of connected devices
Type this command on your terminal
blkid
This command will give a result like this, from this, i can identify that my USB device named “MISC” is at
/dev/sda1
Step 4: Make the mount folder
Now we will make the folder where you want the USB device to show up whenever you plug it in
My personal choice is “usbdrv” for the folder at “/home/pi”, you can name it whatever you want and create it in any directory .
sudo mkdir ~/usbdrv
Give the relevant permissions
sudo chmod 770 ~/usbdrv
Step 5: Mounting the drive
sudo mount /dev/sda1 ~/usbdrv
Note: This procedure is for Raspbian Stretch, it might not work with other operating systems.
I hope this guide helped you, if you face any difficulties or have any queries, ask in the comments ;)