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EDIT: SOLVED: Hold one - I changed the label with gparted. DUH!
I have an OLD Verbatim 250GB external HDD that I have been using for "years".
It started out as:
/media/disk
then switched to:
/media/sector11/disk with an updated system a while back.
Simple use:
plug it in to a USB port,
Thunar pops up; auto-mounted: /media/sector11/disk/
I'd prefer: /media/disk - like it use to be a few years back
or see below for rename
run my backup script
unmount and unplug and wait for the next time I do a backup.
So a few months ago I buy a Seagate 1TB External drive and reformatted it as an ext4 drive same as my old Verbatim - both are EXT4.
mount | grep /dev/sd - shows:
/dev/sdb1 on /media/sector11/disk type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uhelper=udisks2)
/dev/sdb1 on /media/sector11/736bab08-5f68-4e04-b8eb-f7c4e7d3e271 type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uhelper=udisks2)
The Segate External drive mounts such:
/media/sector11/736bab08-5f68-4e04-b8eb-f7c4e7d3e271/
Been searching high and low to find a way to rename that UUID mount point WITHOUT involving fstab
Using: lsblk I see:
19 Jul 21 @ 13:55:24 ~
$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 931.5G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 28G 0 part /
├─sda2 8:2 0 28G 0 part /home
├─sda3 8:3 0 232.9G 0 part /media/5
├─sda4 8:4 0 232.9G 0 part /media/10
├─sda5 8:5 0 232.9G 0 part /media/11
├─sda6 8:6 0 176G 0 part /media/12
└─sda7 8:7 0 763M 0 part /boot/efi
sdb 8:16 0 232.9G 0 disk
└─sdb1 8:17 0 232.9G 0 part /media/sector11/disk
19 Jul 21 @ 13:55:39 ~
$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 931.5G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 28G 0 part /
├─sda2 8:2 0 28G 0 part /home
├─sda3 8:3 0 232.9G 0 part /media/5
├─sda4 8:4 0 232.9G 0 part /media/10
├─sda5 8:5 0 232.9G 0 part /media/11
├─sda6 8:6 0 176G 0 part /media/12
└─sda7 8:7 0 763M 0 part /boot/efi
sdb 8:16 0 931.5G 0 disk
└─sdb1 8:17 0 931.5G 0 part /media/sector11/736bab08-5f68-4e04-b8eb-f7c4e7d3e271
19 Jul 21 @ 13:56:49 ~
$
Question 1
I'd really like to change those 'external' drives to:
└─sdb1 8:17 0 232.9G 0 part /media/250GB
└─sdb1 8:17 0 931.5G 0 part /media/1TB
But I's settle for:
└─sdb1 8:17 0 232.9G 0 part /media/sectot11/250GB
└─sdb1 8:17 0 931.5G 0 part /media/sector11/1TB
Keep in mind:
plug them in - they mount, use, unmount, unplug.
NO fstab involved.
Question 2 - how do I stop this:
Also "sometimes" the Seagate cause 2 instances of thunar to open.
1 = /media/sector11/
- with a folder: /736bab08-5f68-4e04-b8eb-f7c4e7d3e271/
2 = /media/sector11/736bab08-5f68-4e04-b8eb-f7c4e7d3e271/
Any idea why?
What am I missing?
I think I have worn out my welcome at GUGL.
Which isn't all a bad thing in my eyes.
Last edited by Sector11 (2021-07-20 02:54:17)
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I think Debian is using a semi-custom configuratio of udisks2 again.
Does https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/udisks … _(udisks2) work to move the mountpoints to /media?
Regarding the label, what directory does udisks2 create if you set a file system label using tune2fs -L THELABEL /dev/sdx? If it works out already OK with the FS labels set you're golden, otherwise, I think https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=259493 contains all the pointers (either config file, or custom udev rule involving using the LABEL variable to set the path. But let's see first if the simple things work.
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But let's see first if the simple things work.
I find if I set a label on a removable device then Thunar+thunar-volman+udisks+friends predictably mount it on /media/john/<LABEL>
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19 Jul 21 @ 23:40:10 ~
$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 931.5G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 28G 0 part /
├─sda2 8:2 0 28G 0 part /home
├─sda3 8:3 0 232.9G 0 part /media/5
├─sda4 8:4 0 232.9G 0 part /media/10
├─sda5 8:5 0 232.9G 0 part /media/11
├─sda6 8:6 0 176G 0 part /media/12
└─sda7 8:7 0 763M 0 part /boot/efi
sdb 8:16 0 931.5G 0 disk
└─sdb1 8:17 0 931.5G 0 part /media/sector11/736bab08-5f68-4e04-b8eb-f7c4e7d3e271
19 Jul 21 @ 23:40:22 ~
$ sho tune2fs
alias = aptitude show filename
E: Unable to locate package tune2fs
19 Jul 21 @ 23:40:53 ~
$ ser tune2fs
alias ser = aptitude search
19 Jul 21 @ 23:40:59 ~
$ tune2fs -L 1TB /dev/sdb
tune2fs 1.44.5 (15-Dec-2018)
tune2fs: Permission denied while trying to open /dev/sdb
Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock.
19 Jul 21 @ 23:41:56 ~
$ sudo tune2fs -L 1TB /dev/sdb
[sudo] password for sector11:
tune2fs 1.44.5 (15-Dec-2018)
tune2fs: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sdb
Found a dos partition table in /dev/sdb
19 Jul 21 @ 23:42:47 ~
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Well it look like there is a hidden partition on that sucker!
@ john
I find if I set a label on a removable device
How do you set the lable?
EDIT: Hold one - I changed the label with gparted. DUH!
Last edited by Sector11 (2021-07-20 02:51:17)
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/media/sector11/1TB/
That did it!
Sorry to bother you guys.
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