My first reaction would be to use udev rules. I've done this to assign USB UART devices specific /dev/xxxxxxx names. This would allow you to create a link from /dev/ttyUSB0 -> /dev/myCoolUSBItem
I suggest searching for udevadm and udev rules to translate /dev/sdb(x) to /dev/myBackupDrive. On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 5:13 PM John Jason Jordan <joh...@gmx.com> wrote: > On Fri, 11 Sep 2020 16:14:27 -0700 > Keith Lofstrom <kei...@kl-ic.com> dijo: > > >I fear that my naive trust-to-luck works-like-the-past > >assumptions are too naive. > > > >I hope that someone on the list can suggest an approach that > >Just Works With Slightly More Preparation and Knowledge. > > Several years ago I discovered the option of giving a partition a label > (with GParted) and then specifying it as such in /etc/fstab, rather > than using UUIDs. For example, this line in fstab mounts an external USB > device: > > LABEL=Movies /media/jjj/Movies auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0 > > Where I used GParted to give the device the label 'Movies.' An added > benefit is that my English-aware human brain can easily identify the > device, which is not true if I had identified the device by UUID. > > The disadvantage of using labels is that you will have a mess if you > try to mount two devices with the same label on the same filesystem. > Always be sure that your labels are unique. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug