if using ext fs, you can use e2label and in the fstab you put LABEL="drive_name" as the device
To do UUID as mentioned below: just check your blkid by querying the partition using blkid as root: # blkid /dev/sda1 /dev/sda1: UUID="280cebd3-f655-df94-cb20-1669f728008a" TYPE="linux_raid_member" then in fstab use UUID="your_uuid_output" as the device On 02/07/11 16:20, 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] > -- Dan Bidleman [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]
