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After some difficulties dualbooting Ubuntu 18.04 with Windows 10, I've noticed that my /home partition isn't mounted. How would I go about mounting it. I though about using the built in Disks program, and changing the mounting point, but I don't want to mess with something I don't fully understand.

Here's a GParted screenshot

My system's installed on /dev/sda7, and my home partition was supposed to be /dev/sda9

cat -n /etc/fstab yields:

 1  # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
 2  #
 3  # Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
 4  # device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
 5  # that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
 6  #
 7  # <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
 8  # / was on /dev/sda7 during installation
 9  UUID=332e4fb1-3da1-43cb-b158-0dbdb8887bc7 /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
10  # /boot/efi was on /dev/sda1 during installation
11  UUID=98DD-02CA  /boot/efi       vfat    umask=0077      0       1
12  /swapfile                                 none            swap    sw              0       0

sudo blkid:

/dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs" /dev/loop1: TYPE="squashfs" /dev/loop2: TYPE="squashfs" /dev/loop3: TYPE="squashfs" /dev/loop4: TYPE="squashfs" /dev/loop5: TYPE="squashfs" /dev/loop6: TYPE="squashfs" /dev/loop7: TYPE="squashfs" /dev/sda1: LABEL="ESP" UUID="98DD-02CA" TYPE="vfat" PARTLABEL="M-bM-^MM-(M-CM-8" PARTUUID="7e18bfc7-7115-469d-b722-7e80db8155b8" /dev/sda3: UUID="01D3A8477E4D35D0" TYPE="ntfs" PARTUUID="4482f98a-1b98-4fcb-bf67-4f0dc973d1af" /dev/sda4: UUID="9CEE3032EE3006D4" TYPE="ntfs" PARTUUID="9b075908-0490-4e45-bdd8-4e3ecc895b74" /dev/sda5: UUID="96DA05C7DA05A499" TYPE="ntfs" PARTLABEL="\"" PARTUUID="73b356fb-4440-483b-b58c-2ea3ca8cd3db" /dev/sda6: LABEL="WINRETOOLS" UUID="B00827F30827B76E" TYPE="ntfs" PARTLABEL="M-jM-=M-^TM-WM-^IM-hM-)M-^PM-IM--" PARTUUID="a6c7aa22-508b-4a31-8470-873ca170fd18" /dev/sda7: UUID="332e4fb1-3da1-43cb-b158-0dbdb8887bc7" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="754ea8a9-ccc1-4d19-95ce-9419cc072051" /dev/sda8: UUID="53f4d8c7-7344-4c7e-b4d9-7f547e5d598d" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="0dcf2301-0ebc-4f6e-aa8a-9fef96063523" /dev/sda9: UUID="28caf3ca-ee0a-4a5a-b26c-4cc64afd858d" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="4d2f23bf-69a1-4bad-8b64-59ba843bdbe0" /dev/loop8: TYPE="squashfs" /dev/loop9: TYPE="squashfs" /dev/loop10: TYPE="squashfs" /dev/loop11: TYPE="squashfs" /dev/loop12: TYPE="squashfs" /dev/loop13: TYPE="squashfs" /dev/loop14: TYPE="squashfs" /dev/loop15: TYPE="squashfs" /dev/loop16: TYPE="squashfs" /dev/loop17: TYPE="squashfs" /dev/loop18: TYPE="squashfs" /dev/loop19: TYPE="squashfs" /dev/loop20: TYPE="squashfs" /dev/loop21: TYPE="squashfs" /dev/loop22: TYPE="squashfs" /dev/loop23: TYPE="squashfs" /dev/loop24: TYPE="squashfs" /dev/sda2: PARTUUID="af660048-4afc-4e30-a581-971e43bd3d7a"

lsblk -f:

NAME FSTYPE LABEL UUID MOUNTPOINT loop0 squashfs /snap/canonical-livepatch/50 loop1 squashfs /snap/gnome-logs/37 loop2 squashfs /snap/ruby/113 loop3 squashfs /snap/gtk-common-themes/319 loop4 squashfs /snap/gnome-logs/45 loop5 squashfs /snap/discord/82 loop6 squashfs /snap/gtk-common-themes/818 loop7 squashfs /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/74 loop8 squashfs /snap/gnome-characters/103 loop9 squashfs /snap/core/6034 loop10 squashfs /snap/gnome-system-monitor/51 loop11 squashfs /snap/canonical-livepatch/54 loop12 squashfs /snap/gnome-system-monitor/57 loop13 squashfs /snap/core/4917 loop14 squashfs /snap/gnome-calculator/180 loop15 squashfs /snap/gnome-characters/139 loop16 squashfs /snap/gnome-calculator/260 loop17 squashfs /snap/core/6130 loop18 squashfs /snap/discord/84 loop19 squashfs /snap/spotify/30 loop20 squashfs /snap/postman/81 loop21 squashfs /snap/postman/80 loop22 squashfs /snap/spotify/28 loop23 squashfs /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/70 loop24 squashfs /snap/discord/86 sda
├─sda1 vfat ESP 98DD-02CA /boot/efi ├─sda2
├─sda3 ntfs 01D3A8477E4D35D0
├─sda4 ntfs 9CEE3032EE3006D4
├─sda5 ntfs 96DA05C7DA05A499
├─sda6 ntfs WINRETOOLS B00827F30827B76E
├─sda7 ext4 332e4fb1-3da1-43cb-b158-0dbdb8887bc7 / ├─sda8 swap 53f4d8c7-7344-4c7e-b4d9-7f547e5d598d └─sda9 ext4 28caf3ca-ee0a-4a5a-b26c-4cc64afd858d

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  • Please run cat -n /etc/fstab and add that to your question! Jan 18, 2019 at 15:39
  • I added it! I tried following Vijay's advice, however, I was unable to locate /dev/sda9's UUID Jan 18, 2019 at 19:30
  • Please post the result of the commands sudo blkid and lsblk -f into your question Jan 18, 2019 at 19:50
  • I've added the requested files! Jan 18, 2019 at 21:44

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  • Find UUID of sda9 by

command:

sudo blkid

and then open fstab file by command:

sudo gedit /etc/fstab

add this line below the line for swap entry.

UUID=xxxx       /home           ext4    defaults        0       2

replace xxxx by the UUID of sda9.

Test with

sudo mount -a

and reboot

  • You can do it through "Disks" also.
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  • I wasn't able to find sda9's UUID in /etc/fstab. I've included what was in /etc/fstab in the problem description. Jan 18, 2019 at 19:34
  • Confirm with sudo blkid.
    – Vijay
    Jan 18, 2019 at 19:41
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    Try it before you reboot with sudo mount -a. Testing here can prevent a typo causing a boot failure. Jan 18, 2019 at 19:54
  • I misread your instructions, I apologize. Trying again now Jan 18, 2019 at 21:57
  • It worked! Thank you! There was some data on the old partition's /home directory, however. How would I access it, if I still can? If not, it's not that big of a loss. It was my fault for not properly backing up those files anyway. Jan 18, 2019 at 22:15
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Well , in your fstab you need an entry like:

UUID=28caf3ca-ee0a-4a5a-b26c-4cc64afd858d /home        ext4      defaults      0 2 

this should do it if that UUID is in fact what you want it to be.

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