dev/sda1: LABEL='HTPCGuides' UUID='BA8F-FFE8' TYPE='exfat'

It is easiest to copy it now and paste it after running nano in the next step. Note the TYPE='exfat' at the end, you will need this for the fstab file. Again it is the sda1 line we are interested in. You also need to know the file system the drive is formatted with sudo blkid Sudo setfacl -Rm g:pi:rwx /mnt/usbstorage Determine the USB Hard Drive Format

Set all future permissions for the mount point to pi user and group (explanation can be found here) sudo setfacl -Rdm g:pi:rwx /mnt/usbstorage Make pi the owner of the mounted drive and make its permissions read, write and execute for it sudo chown -R pi:pi /mnt/usbstorage Prepare the Mount Pointįirst make a directory in which to mount the USB drive sudo mkdir /mnt/usbstorage Remember you can power a 2.5″ hard drive with a model B+ and Raspberry Pi 2. If you have multiple external hard drives you will need separate mount points for each drive (e.g. If so then it should be attached to /dev/sda1 – additional drives will use /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdc1 etc. I am assuming you only have 1 external hard drive connected to the Pi. Mount External USB Hard Drive on Raspberry Pi If you are trying to figure out which hardware would work best for you, consider reading the Pi benchmarks. Updated January 5th, 2016 to set future permissions (thanks manne!) Updated for Raspbian Jessie with nofail to prevent system halts for systemd so your hard drive being absent will not stop the boot sequence on your Raspberry Pi. This will enable you to use your external USB storage for media, games or whatever your Pi’s heart desires for Kodi (XBMC) or a home media server. I will walk you through mounting USB sticks and USB hard drives on your Raspberry Pi running Raspbian. Many guides use a simpler, less robust method that can cause issues if you use multiple USB storage devices.

This guide will show you how to properly mount storage drives on Minibian, Raspbian and Raspbmc.

How to format usb drive on raspberry pi