On Vi, 13 ian 12, 11:06:26, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > 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
^^^^^^^^^^^ Bad idea! I explicitly wrote LABEL=backup, because device names may change. You should only use LABEL= or UUID= in fstab otherwise you might surprises in the future. However, it turns out you are NOT using fstab, so best you just disable the entry completely. > 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? You misinformed us, your drive is not mounted via fstab, but by some automounter. Try this instead: # disable the entry in fstab umount /dev/sdb1 # unplug the drive rmdir /media/backup # plug the drive You should now have your drive available under /media/backup. Explanation: your auto mounter is mounting the drive under /media in a directory created as needed, based on the label (if it exists) or UUID of the filesystem. If the directory already exists (since you created it) it will use label + '_' to avoid conflicts with more static mounts (like fstab entries). Hope this helps, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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