Fstab Config for External Hard Drives?

[MG]

which numbers do I add to fstab to get '

sudo mkdir /media/External

Where External is the name of the new folder.

Now open up your fstab and change the mount point for your drive. Recommend
that you also use the UUID like jpkotta recommended.
The line in your fstab should look something like this:
 Code:

# /dev/sdb1
UUID=XXXX-XXXX    /media/External   vfat....

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root at THUNDERCAT1:/home/max# sudo vol_id /dev/sda1
ID_FS_USAGE=filesystem
ID_FS_TYPE=ext3
ID_FS_VERSION=1.0
ID_FS_UUID=d053ecd0-1482-4cfc-8b34-1d821a41f843
ID_FS_UUID_ENC=d053ecd0-1482-4cfc-8b34-1d821a41f843
ID_FS_LABEL=
ID_FS_LABEL_ENC=
ID_FS_LABEL_SAFE=

root at THUNDERCAT1:/home/max# sudo vol_id /dev/sdb1
ID_FS_USAGE=filesystem
ID_FS_TYPE=ntfs
ID_FS_VERSION=3.1
ID_FS_UUID=F400580C0057D468
ID_FS_UUID_ENC=F400580C0057D468
ID_FS_LABEL=Local Disk
ID_FS_LABEL_ENC=Local\x20Disk
ID_FS_LABEL_SAFE=Local_Disk

root at THUNDERCAT1:/home/max# sudo vol_id /dev/sdc1
ID_FS_USAGE=filesystem
ID_FS_TYPE=vfat
ID_FS_VERSION=FAT32
ID_FS_UUID=17E8-082F
ID_FS_UUID_ENC=17E8-082F
ID_FS_LABEL=FREECOM HDD
ID_FS_LABEL_ENC=FREECOM\x20HDD
ID_FS_LABEL_SAFE=FREECOM_HDD

root at THUNDERCAT1:/home/max# sudo vol_id /dev/sdd1
ID_FS_USAGE=filesystem
ID_FS_TYPE=ntfs
ID_FS_VERSION=3.1
ID_FS_UUID=A46C9A946C9A60BA
ID_FS_UUID_ENC=A46C9A946C9A60BA
ID_FS_LABEL=
ID_FS_LABEL_ENC=
ID_FS_LABEL_SAFE=
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