Rick Stevens wrote:
On Thu, 2007-12-13 at 17:41 -0600, J Taylor wrote:
I have multiple USB storages devices that are assigned to different /dev/sd*
files. My problem is that a given device does not always have the same file
name and I have to manually edit /etc/fstab to mount them. Is there a way
around this?
The easiest way is to label the filesystems and edit your /etc/fstab to
use the labels instead of the device names. Find one of your devices
(assume it's at /dev/sda1):
# e2label /dev/sda1 bugaboo
Then put a line such as:
LABEL=/bugaboo /bugaboo ext3 noauto,user,rw 1 2
in /etc/fstab. That device should always mount at /bugaboo. Note
that the hotplug system will mount it at /media/bugaboo if you plug it
in later.
Dunno about you chaps, but mine are mostly FAT filesystems, and they're
staying that way for maximum portability.
What then?
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Cheers
John
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