From: JD Austin > On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Matt Graham wrote: >> From: JD Austin >>> One gotcha is that depending on where they plug it in it can be >>> sda, sdc, sdd etc. I wrote a script to figure out where it is >> *Wrote a script*? >> >> /dev/disk/by-id/ , /dev/disk/by-uuid/ , and the -L option to >> mount are probably better solutions for that. > Tried that.. doesn't work with Fat32 drives :) machine:~$ grep bigred /etc/fstab LABEL=bigred /mnt/bigred vfat user,noauto,umask=000 0 0 machine:~$ mount /mnt/bigred machine:~$ ...just because there's no tune2fs -L for FAT doesn't mean it can't be done. The label for FAT starts at byte 71 of the partition and goes for 11 bytes. echo -n 'string' | dd of=/dev/sdX1 bs=1 seek=71 and you've got a FAT label on /dev/sdX1. /dev/disk/by-id/ is also not dependent on whatever filesystem is on the disk or partition. -- Matt G / Dances With Crows The Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress/ There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss