Incidentally, you can also lock down the USB device IDs in the /etc hotplug config, but since you're looking specifically for the filesystem, the UUID approach is more precise.
Tim On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 16:20 -0500, Tim Holloway wrote: > Yep. Mount on the filesystem's UUID instead of the device name. > > On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 16:00 -0500, Whit Hansell wrote: > > Hey guys. Picked up an external drive a few days ago and set it up just > > fine. Using AMD64 Lenny on Assus board. External drive is a bakup > > drive w usb connection and separate p/s. > > > > Have two hd's on box plus this external drive. Use linux on one hd, XP > > on a separate drive and reboot back and forth on occasion as needed. > > Partitioned new external to reduce Windows partition and add Linux > > partition. All works fine. No problemo' there. No problemo' w. other > > situation either. > > > > But where I am having problem is that when I come back into linux from > > XP, a restart from XP, linux changes the mount point on my usb various > > drives, externala and stick drives which are also attached. > > > > Am using rsync in a script I wrote and so when I want to backup it's > > easy, except now the mount point is different. > > > > Is there any way to lock in the mount point on the external drives by > > editing a file somewhere? I've googled all over and all I can find is > > people having problems with the name being changed, not the mount > > point. The name in fstab is the same (/dev/sdd2) and the drive info. > > AMD64 automounts the drive and sticks an icon in the tray automatically > > on bootup but, again, changes the mount point so when I try to run my > > sccript, it's no longer looking at the correct usbport. I am not > > moving the drives at all. The system is changing the usb port names on > > reboot all by itself. Usb0, Usb1,Usb2, etc. > > > > I assume someone has added an external usb drive and had the same > > problem and am just wondering how you solved it. Thanking you in > > advance for any help. > > > > fstab entry: > > /dev/sdd2 /media/usb0 ext3 user,noauto,rw 0 0 > > > > script lines: > > #/bin/bash > > rsync -vrlptg --delete /home/whit/ /media/usb0/home/whit > > > > Again, this worked fine before my reboot, but now the drive /dev/sdd2 > > is on mountpoint /media/usb1, not /media/ usb0. > > > > gracias amigos, por favor. > > > > Whit > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 > > RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml > > Unsubscribe [email protected] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 > RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml > Unsubscribe [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml Unsubscribe [email protected]
