On 12 January 2012 18:39, hvw59601 <hvw59...@care2.com> wrote: > Sharon Kimble wrote: >> >> On 12 January 2012 14:28, hvw59601 <hvw59...@care2.com> wrote: >>> >>> Sharon Kimble wrote: >>>> >>>> I have a USB external hard drive for my backups which is formatted ext >>>> 3. It is currently named as >>>> '/media/8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd5d459_ ' and mounted via fstab. >>>> >>>> I've tried using e2label as follows;- >>>> sudo e2label /media/8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd5d459_ /media/backup >>>> e2label: Is a directory while trying to open >>>> /media/8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd5d459_ >>>> Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock. >>>> >>>> So I tried using rename as follows;- >>>> sudo rename /media/8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd5d459_ /media/backup >>>> Number found where operator expected at (eval 1) line 1, near "/media/8" >>>> (Missing operator before 8?) >>>> Bareword found where operator expected at (eval 1) line 1, near >>>> "8eef3b99" >>>> (Missing operator before eef3b99?) >>>> syntax error at (eval 1) line 1, near "/media/8" >>>> >>>> How then can I rename it please? >>>> >>> What is the output of 'blkid'? >>> >>> Hugo >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >> >> sudo blkid >> [sudo] password for boztu: >> /dev/sda8: UUID="4018fc29-4a88-4346-ab31-e95e67b99fee" SEC_TYPE="ext2" >> TYPE="ext3" >> /dev/sda1: UUID="8d3cc403-6dfb-49f1-b667-e7475b8ca20a" TYPE="ext3" >> /dev/sda5: UUID="cd9d075d-d29d-4457-a5e7-8d9776d6fb2a" TYPE="ext3" >> /dev/sda6: UUID="b9d6ae06-0075-463a-ac2b-238a94b2f6e9" TYPE="ext3" >> /dev/sda7: UUID="6d280167-03a7-4e3f-96c2-44882e20f522" TYPE="swap" >> /dev/sda9: UUID="0741170f-84e8-42e7-8065-85d2f4fc1ddd" TYPE="ext3" >> /dev/sda10: UUID="f8fb1487-8f68-41b2-a044-d4ccd0ab2974" TYPE="ext3" >> /dev/sda11: UUID="b8df75ce-5186-49b7-9760-ad3303ea3f81" TYPE="ext3" >> /dev/sda12: UUID="6276c183-10df-4767-b8f2-8e80ca99d66e" TYPE="ext3" >> /dev/sdb1: UUID="8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd5d459" TYPE="ext3" >> > > If by 'rename' you mean 'assigning a label to the device' then it is: > > e2label /dev/sdb1 media_backup > > I would not use those '/' in a label. > > Is that what you meant by 'rename'? > > > Hugo > > OKay, this is what I did;- sudo umount /dev/sdb1
sudo e2label /dev/sdb1 backup sudo mkdir /media/backup sudo emacs /etc/fstab The fstab line now looks like this;- #/dev/sdb1 /media/8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd5d459_ auto defaults 0 0 /dev/sdb1 /media/backup auto defaults 0 0 sudo mount /media/backup I then ran ls -l /media which showed;- drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 12 11:19 8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd5d459_ drwxr-xr-x 141 root root 16384 Jan 8 04:30 backup lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 May 22 2011 cdrom -> cdrom0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 22 2011 cdrom0 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 20480 Dec 16 02:36 disk I then unplugged the usb drive and plugged it back in again and it shows with ls -l /media drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 12 11:19 8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd5d459_ drwxr-xr-x 141 root root 16384 Jan 8 04:30 backup drwxr-xr-x 141 root root 16384 Jan 8 04:30 backup_ Where have I gone wrong please, and how do I put it right? Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk/taste/index.html efever = http://www.efever.blogspot.com/ efever = http://sharon04.livejournal.com/ Debian 6,0.3, Gnome 1:2.30+7, LibreOffice 3.4.4 Registered Linux user 334501 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAM9u--fu0tWWR5khqvvZkSooSgpmRoy=zz54-o4wm6uxjbx...@mail.gmail.com
