I wrote the scripts myself. Don't ask me how. I probably couldn't do it again so I burned them onto a CD to be sure I never lose them.
On Feb 27, 3:13 pm, Daniel Eggleston <[email protected]> wrote: > Where did you get the scripts? > > /dev/mapper/* is where logical volumes live, you should look up lvm if you > want details. > > /etc/fstab defines filesystems (i.e. where each device should mount in the > root filesystem). > > > > > > On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Dos-Man 64 <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > -- > > Daniel- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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
