Thanks Andrei, its now all working perfectly. Sharon.
On 13 January 2012 12:28, Andrei Popescu <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 -- 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--c8tn8frvafggdqy8h9_u2ejedxxbgyjnfncp-yofn...@mail.gmail.com
