Mount points for USB media

[Thilo Six]

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Jose Gomez-Dans schrieb am 02.02.2006 19:46:
> Hi!
> I have an external USB disk where I store most of my media. It works
> fine in kubuntu: I put the cable in, and I get an icon on the desktop.
> Great, as it should be. However, when I mount said disk, it appears as
> either /media/usbdisk0, /media/sda1, /media/sdb1, or /media/sdc1. This
> is very annoying, as I would like things such as amarok to use the
> collection of files on the disk, rather than point to the disk
> everytime its mount point changes and re-scan.
> 
> Can anyone suggest anything? I don't have an entry for USB media on my
> /etc/fstab entry, so I assume that this is a HAL-related issue.
> 
> Cheers!
> J

My experience is that you get stable links in /media/, when you set a
label during formating the device.

e.g. for ext2:
mke2fs -v -L blue -j /dev/sda1

e.g. for vfat:
mkdosfs -v -n dos-part /dev/sda1

I don?t know if it possible for you to format this device or set a label
without formating.

bye Thilo
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