On Sunday 24 December 2006 16:30, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * Primm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [12-24-06 08:41]: > > As it stands, /media/disk doesn't exist until I plug in the external > > disk. That is what yast chose as a mount point when I formatted it > > (it had ntfs to begin with). Is what you are saying to create a > > permanent directory called <name> under the /media directory? > > Confused. > > > > My main concern is that the mount point will always be the same every > > time I plug it in. In my case /media/disk Or will it change depending > > upon what else is plugged in? I need to write a script to rsync to it > > and so need to have a fixed mount point. > > If you select 'Mount by Volume Name', it will always mount to the same > point.
In that dialogue (10.2 X86_64) I have: Fstab options: Mount in /etc/fstab by: Device name Volume label UUID Device ID Device Path So I choose Volume label and give it a name in the Volume label dialogue. Is that correct? Thanks everyone for their patience. Cheers Steve. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
