On Fri, 25 Dec 2015 15:27:02 -0300 Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Dec 2015 12:42:59 -0500 > Steve Litt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Anyway, if I stick in a thumb drive that contains > > partitions /dev/sdd1 and /dev/sdd2, would the most convenient way > > for it to automount be /mnt/sdd1 and /mnt/sdd2, or would it be more > > convenient by the ID so it might look > > like /mnt/usb-Generic_Flash_Disk_0FEAEC2F-0:0-part1 > > and /mnt/usb-Generic_Flash_Disk_0FEAEC2F-0:0-part2? > > My two-pence worth: If the partition has a label, use that and mount > at /media/label Thanks Ron, I thought of that, but two different thumb drives could both have, for instance, a label called "data". If it weren't for that, I'd for sure do it by label first. The label shows the intention of the guy who wrote the thumb. > > (Why /mnt ?) Tradition. It exists on all distros I've ever seen, and it's used for mountpoints. Do you think the more modern, file manager-centric /media would be a better choice? That would be no more difficult. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt November 2015 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
