update mounting instructions

2022-09-22 11:46:29 -04:00 · 2022-09-22 11:46:29 -04:00 · 51399e0204
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@ -14,5 +14,12 @@ Mounting the new VD
 * create an access folder, maybe at //mnt/backup
 * run the mount `mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/backup`
 * edit fstab by adding
+    * using device name
+    ```
    //dev/sdb1  /mnt/backup ext4    defaults    1   2
+    ```
+    * using UUID (do `sudo blkid` to get the UUID)
+    ```
+    UUID="86e81045-a0dc-4881-8ddb-5ef25834ea5a" /datadrive  xfs     defaults,nofail 1       2
+    ```
 * somehow in the process an new systemctl service module is loaded based on fstab at runs at boot