gpt ext4 /etc/fstab doesn't work

Question

I have tried using 3 different identifiers to mount my partition at /dev/sdb1 to /mnt/drive2, but every time I boot it doesn't seem to work and I have to mount it manually. I am connected remotely so I don't know console output during the boot process. It is a GPT drive and has only one partition of type ext4.

Here's my /etc/fstab:

The last three lines are my attempts to mount the same partition with PARTUUID, UUID, and the /dev/sdb1 path. None of them worked. Curiously enough, my NTFS partition mounts successfully.

I'm running Arch Linux.

Please [don't post pictures of text](https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/q/4086/100397). — roaima, Apr 18 '20 at 09:01
@roaima I'm sorry, I'm running Putty on Linux which doesn't allow me to copy-paste. — Saksham Chawla, Apr 18 '20 at 18:05

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 18 '20 at 10:40

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please do mount -a and if there is any error it will be printed to terminal.

Also by doing dmesg | grep "sd[a-z]" and dmesg | grep "mount" you can investigate mount errors during boot after booting your linux.

answered Apr 18 '20 at 10:40

binarysta

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Thanks to you, I found the error! `gid` shows up as an unrecognized mount option. According to this [answer](https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/14716), `ext` filesystems don't support options like `gid`. Thank you! – Saksham Chawla Apr 18 '20 at 18:04

gpt ext4 /etc/fstab doesn't work

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