

Note: If you see an error message stating that there is not enough space for the new partition after running the last command, type the following commands into the Command Prompt, pressing Enter after typing in each one: sel partition X (replace X with the number corresponding to the largest partition on the disk) Sel disk X (replace X with the number corresponding to the disk Windows is installed on)

I go by the UUID reported in “ lsblk” as to what I use.Many Windows users have been affected by an issue where their computers fail to start up, and they are met with a black screen with an error message stating “No bootable device found” no matter how many times they try to start their computers up. I’m not sure if the PARTUUID would differ from UUID. If this were a mandatory mount for the system to work, then you would not use this however, for an optional disk (especially an external optional disk which might not be present if unplugged) I consider this basic sanity.


The “ nofail” implies the system will continue to boot if the partition cannot be found or mounted. …notice in that line “ defaults” is replaced by a comma-delimited list of what “ defaults” is an alias for, with the exception that I’ve also added “ nofail”. Possibly this will work (I’m also naming UUID instead of PARTUUID, not sure of the effect): UUID=eb8ed98f-aacb-1b4f-97cf-d54a23f2c091 /mnt/big ext4 rw,suid,dev,exec,auto,nouser,async,nofail 0 1 I’d also suggest its file fsck check be after the main drive (increment from “ 0” to “ 1” for the non-rootfs partition). I can’t say for sure, but your fstab is mandating the UUID mount at that point, or boot will block and fail.
