From: JD Austin <
jd@twingeckos.com>
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Matt Graham wrote:
>> From: JD Austin <jd@twingeckos.com>
>>> 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
(text/plain)