Ok, so I wanted to change the name of my second hard drive from lsi_bebdeaaidca1 to simply D. It's easier to type and easier to remember. It's also more natural for me since DOS and Windows users are more used to refering to disk drives using single letters.
I created this script which does the job. --------------------------------------------------- #!/bin/bash cd /dev/mapper mv lsi_bebdeaaidca1 D echo # Added by Phil >> /etc/fstab echo /dev/mapper/D /media/D vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000,shortname=winnt,uid=knoppix,gid=knoppix 0 0 >> /etc/fstab cd /media mv lsi_bebdeaaidca1 D --------------------------------------------------- After running this script with root permission, I just have to create a desktop shortcut pointing to /dev/mapper/D. It all works. Hooray! Well, I'm not that enthusiastic about it because I don't understand what exactly this script did. Of course it changes to various folders; renames various files; and appends some data to the end of /etc/fstab; but the whole process is still a bit of a mystery to me. And to confuse me even more, a script that renames my first drive to C was not identical. And my desktop shortcut to drive C had to point to / dev/C instead of /dev/mapper/C. cd /dev/mapper mv lsi_bebdeaaidca C cd /dev/ mv hda1 C cd /media mv hda1 C echo # Added by Phil >> /etc/fstab echo /dev/C /media/C vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000,shortname=winnt,uid=knoppix,gid=knoppix 0 0 >> /etc/fstab It's all very strange. Can someone please explain this to me? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
