I'm a newb to linux and i can't even get a new hdd work after OS install

[ricklinux]

I don’t do a lot of this so i can only point you to the arch wiki. I hope it helps.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Fstab#Auto_mount_devices

Edit: Also use man fstab to get information.
Also here is a link that explains some more.

Need help to automount internal drives & get apps to read/write to them

Have no worries mate! You simply edit that file e.g. with command sudo nano /etc/fstsb Sudo gives you the required privileges to edit this file. Nano is a relatively easy to use editor. Each partition you want to mount needs a line in the file. Look at the existing lines how they are constructed. But before editing you need some info about the partitions, e.g. command lsblk -fm Then the mount point: it is a directory where a partition will be attached. You create a directory for each p…