How To Fix “Mount Point Does Not Exist Error” In Linux

How To Fix Mount Point Does Not Exist Error In Linux

If you are a Linux user then you might come across this error “mount point does not exist” when you try to mount your device. You don’t need to panic as it has a pretty easy and quick solution. Let’s have a look into the solution for the “Mount Point Does Not Exist Error” in Linux.

How To Fix “Mount Point Does Not Exist Error” In Linux

One and only solution for this error is to create a mounting point and mount the drive again.

Let’s start the solution by verifying whether the mounting point exists or not. Run the mount and grep command to filter the mounting point from the massive list:

mount | grep -w 'mounting-point-name'

For this, we will be using  a mounting point named mntd

mount | grep -w 'mntd'

Just in case you get empty output, the mounting point does not exist on your system then you need to create a mounting point manually

Run the following command to create a mounting point. In the below command, we will be using ‘mntd’ as our mounting point.

sudo mkdir /mnt/mnt

Now, you can mount the drive without any issues.