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Reference:man.archlinux.org

List devices ​

To list devices that can be mounted:

shell
lsblk

Mount ​

Then mount the device with:

shell
mount OPTIONS /dev/sdXN /home/user/Mount
OptionDescription
-o --optionsUse the specified mount options. The argument is a comma-separated list.

Examples ​

File systems used for data may be mounted with lower permissions (for security).

fish
mount -o nodev,nosuid,noexec /dev/sdc1 ~/Mount

Set the gid and uid of the device (needed if not a Linux file system).

fish
mount -o nodev,nosuid,noexec,uid=(id -u),gid=(id -g) /dev/sdc1 ~/Mount

Set fmask to remove execution permission from files:

fish
mount -o nodev,nosuid,noexec,fmask=111 /dev/sdc1 ~/Mount

Unmount ​

Unmount the device with:

shell
umount /dev/sdXN && sudo sync