🛠️ Mount OVH VPS Storage to /mnt

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This guide explains how to manually mount your OVH VPS or Cloud storage disk to /mnt. It includes steps for standard partitions, XFS, and LVM volumes.

📦 Part 1: Basic Mount (Standard Partition)

1️⃣ Identify Available Drives

lsblk

Sample output:

NAME        MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda           8:0    0  50G  0 disk
└─sda1        8:1    0  50G  0 part /
sdb           8:16   0 200G  0 disk

2️⃣ Create Mount Point (if not exists)

mkdir -p /mnt

3️⃣ Mount the Drive

Assuming the device is /dev/sdb or /dev/sdb1:

mount /dev/sdb /mnt

4️⃣ Verify Mount

df -h

📄 Part 2: XFS Filesystem

1️⃣ Confirm Filesystem Type

blkid /dev/sdb

Look for something like TYPE="xfs".

2️⃣ Mount the XFS Partition

mount -t xfs /dev/sdb /mnt

Replace sdb with the correct partition (e.g., sdb1) if needed.

🧱 Part 3: LVM Volume

1️⃣ Detect LVM Volumes

lsblk

You may see output like:

sdc          8:32   0  100G  0 disk
└─vg0-lv_data 253:0  0  100G  0 lvm

2️⃣ Activate Volume Group (if not already active)

vgchange -ay

3️⃣ Create Mount Point

mkdir -p /mnt

4️⃣ Mount Logical Volume

mount /dev/mapper/vg0-lv_data /mnt

Replace vg0-lv_data with your actual volume name.

🔁 (Optional) Make Mount Persistent

1️⃣ Get UUID

blkid /dev/sdb
# or for LVM:
blkid /dev/mapper/vg0-lv_data

2️⃣ Edit fstab

nano /etc/fstab

Add the appropriate line:

For ext4:

UUID=xxxx-xxxx /mnt ext4 defaults 0 2

For xfs:

UUID=xxxx-xxxx /mnt xfs defaults 0 2

For LVM:

/dev/mapper/vg0-lv_data /mnt ext4 defaults 0 2

Save and exit.

✅ Complete

Your OVH VPS drive is now mounted under /mnt. If configured in /etc/fstab, it will remain mounted after reboot.

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