[SOLVED] Under /media, label does not appear as mount point. (only first one)

kaz2100 · 12-02-2008, 05:27 AM

Hya,

I am confused. With my Debian Lenny (fully updated) Penguin, (Xfce4)

Problem looks like:

Two usb sticks (labels Penguin1 and Penguin2)
When first one is attached, the label shows up in Thunar window as Penguin1, but mount point is /media/usb0.
When second one is attached, the lable shows up in Thunar window as Penguin2, and mount point is /media/Penguin2.

I have some shell scripts which read/write these USB sticks, so it creates some problem.

Does anybody know the way to sort out?

Happy Penguins!

I have two other Penguins (Debian lenny and etch), and they behave. (/media/Penguin1 and /media/Penguin2)

Junior Hacker · 12-02-2008, 07:00 AM

Don't take them out of the USB ports (use duct tape), and change the scripts to reflect the present mount points.

farslayer · 12-02-2008, 07:54 AM

Sounds like time for a fstab mapping using the UUID of the Flash drive ....

http://linux.byexamples.com/archives...tab-with-uuid/

kaz2100 · 12-04-2008, 01:43 AM

Hya,

Thanks for replies.

Junior Hacker:
Welding USB sticks to penguin may solve this situation, but unfortunately, I do not know how to avoid roasted penguin.

farslayer:
I do agree it is the time to use uuid. Problem is that my penguin is already equipped with uuid.

Solution:
Original problem is solved. The reason my penguin did not behave was that there was an entry in /etc/fstab for /dev/sdb1. I remember that I made this entry in early stage of installation. (I did something tricky, due to the size of stick and eth0/ath0 problem.)

Happy Penguins!