I want to know under which file system and what mount point should i mount my HDD(1TB rem 900gbs) so that later i can symlink my home's subdirectories i.e downloads, docs, music, etc to my HDD.
It is fully your call. You decide upon that. Once it is mounted automatically during startup, you will be able to create symlinks to that storage.
There is even no strong convention on where to store such volume.
- You could mount it in a directory under
/media. In that case, by default, the volume will be shown as an icon in the left pane of the file manager.
- You could mount it under your custom directory, e.g.
/data.
To mount a partition stored on an internal disk automatically during startup, first create the desired mount point (i.e., the directory in which the contents of the partition will appear once mounted). Then you can use the utility "Disks" to configure the mount:
- Click the partition in the map, then the gear icon: select "Edit mount options").
- Uncheck the switch "User Session Defaults".
- Check "Mount at system startup", for "Mount Point" provide the full path name to your existing mount point (e.g.
/media/my_drive or /data/my_drive).
- For "Filesystem Type", provide the filesystem used on the disk, e.g.
ext4 or ntfs. You can see the file system of your partitions in the output of lsblk -f.
Seasoned linux users typically will directly edit the configuration file /etc/fstab instead.
