How do you mount a disk to a specific directory in Linux?

To mount a disk to a specific directory in a Linux system, you can follow these steps:

1. Firstly, make sure the disk is inserted into the system and can be recognized. You can use the lsblk command to view the disks and their partitions in the system.
2. Create a directory to mount. You can use the mkdir command to create an empty directory as the mount point. For example, create a directory named mydisk as the mount point: sudo mkdir /mydisk.
3. Use the command lsblk to view the device name of the disk, which is usually in the form of /dev/sdX (where X is a letter representing the disk number). Find the device name of the disk you want to mount.
4. Use the command “sudo fdisk -l” to check the partition situation of the disk, and find the device name of the partition to be mounted, typically in the form of /dev/sdXN (N is a number indicating the partition number).
5. Mount the partition of a disk to a specified directory using the sudo mount command. For example, to mount the /dev/sdb1 partition to the /mydisk directory: sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mydisk.
6. You can use the df -h command to view a list of mounted file systems and confirm that the disk has been successfully mounted to the specified directory.
7. To automatically mount a disk at system startup, you can edit the /etc/fstab file and add a mounting entry. For example, add the following line: /dev/sdb1 /mydisk ext4 defaults 0 0. After saving the file, the system will automatically mount the disk at startup.

Please note that when mounting and modifying the /etc/fstab file, it is necessary to use sudo or operate as the root user.