On 4/19/06, Jacob (=Jouk) Jansen <joukj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all > > I have an external usb-disk with 2 partitions. When inserting it, it assigns > "random" mountpoints (i.e. /media/disk and /media/disk-1) to the partions. > I would like to have fixed mount points. > My first try was to edit /etc/fstab and add the 2 partitions. This works > when the usb-disk is present. > But it makes the machine failing to boot if the disk is not present. > > How can I perform the mount to a fixed mountpoint only when the disk is > present? One way that might work involves overriding the {volume.name} that HAL wants to use as a mount point. It'll still be a dynamic mount, but at least you know where it's going to mount each time. See this link for details. http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=103810