Re: drive labels --- update to my previous post

2012-07-09 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20120706_225838, cletusjenkins wrote: > > > > I add one line to /etc/fstab for each labeled usb external drive like > > the following: > > > > LABEL=gflx1 /media/gflx1ext3rw,user,noauto 0 0 > > > > And I create the named mount point in /media with: > >

Re: drive labels

2012-07-08 Thread Camaleón
El 2012-07-07 a las 19:34 -0700, cletusjenkins escribió: (resending to the list) > > In any case, it should be mounted under "/media" using the label, so if > > it fails there has to be a reason for it (e.g., naming collisions?). > > > > Attach the USB disk an run "dmesg | tail -20" and

Re: drive labels

2012-07-08 Thread shawn wilson
fstab works. However, if it gets unworldly with device records, you can also figure out a udev script that makes the appropriate mount point and mounts when a device is inserted and removes it when the device is removed. On Jul 6, 2012 8:25 PM, "Paul E Condon" wrote: > On 20120706_105247, cletusj

Re: drive labels

2012-07-07 Thread cletusjenkins
>These symptoms match exactly to Tixy's suggestion, could you please at >least show us your /etc/fstab? > >Kind regards, >Andrei Ah, you are right, I completely misunderstood what Tixy was saying! I went to try what Paul Condon suggested I saw the line specifying /media/usb0 as the mount po

Re: drive labels

2012-07-07 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 06 Jul 2012 10:52:47 -0700, cletusjenkins wrote: > I have several USB external drives. I have them formatted as ext3 and > have assigned them labels (via tune2fs -L). All of my labels are made up > of letters no numbers, spaces or other special characters. Output sample, please :-) Also

Re: drive labels

2012-07-07 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 06 iul 12, 22:40:49, cletusjenkins wrote: > > > > I often see this when I install Debian on a PC using a USB stick. The > > installer seems to put an entry in /etc/fstab to mount /dev/sdb > > at /media/usb0. I just delete this line. > > > > -- > > Tixy > > Thanks for your r

Re: drive labels

2012-07-06 Thread cletusjenkins
> > I add one line to /etc/fstab for each labeled usb external drive like > the following: > > LABEL=gflx1 /media/gflx1ext3rw,user,noauto 0 0 > > And I create the named mount point in /media with: > > mkdir /media/gflx1 > > I have my own system of ch

Re: drive labels

2012-07-06 Thread cletusjenkins
> > I often see this when I install Debian on a PC using a USB stick. The > installer seems to put an entry in /etc/fstab to mount /dev/sdb > at /media/usb0. I just delete this line. > > -- > Tixy Thanks for your reply. I'm not sure if that is the problem I am having, I installed

Re: drive labels

2012-07-06 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20120706_105247, cletusjenkins wrote: > I have several USB external drives. I have them formatted as ext3 and have > assigned them labels (via tune2fs -L). All of my labels are made up of > letters no numbers, spaces or other special characters. When I connect a > drive, it's label is display

Re: drive labels

2012-07-06 Thread Tixy
On Fri, 2012-07-06 at 10:52 -0700, cletusjenkins wrote: > I have several USB external drives. I have them formatted as ext3 and have > assigned them labels (via tune2fs -L). All of my labels are made up of > letters no numbers, spaces or other special characters. When I connect a > drive, it's l

drive labels

2012-07-06 Thread cletusjenkins
I have several USB external drives. I have them formatted as ext3 and have assigned them labels (via tune2fs -L). All of my labels are made up of letters no numbers, spaces or other special characters. When I connect a drive, it's label is displayed correctly in gnome (on the desktop and when br