multiple names for the same external drive

[william drescher]

On 5/30/2016 9:03 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 30 May 2016 at 14:18, Scott Blair <scott.blair at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am running Ubuntu 16.04, but this happened in 15.10 also. I have 3
>> external drives, external, mobilbackup and routerdrive. Something glitches
>> with them and the naming convention. I now have, under media, external1,
>> external11, external12, mobilbackup, mobilbackup1, routerdrive, routerdrive1
>> and routerdrive2. I am also seeing Ubuntu-mate 16.04 lts amd64 and
>> Ubuntu-mate 16. amd641, which are old install dvds. The files can only be
>> found on the last one that was renamed. When they get "renamed" I have some
>> programs that I have to reconfigure for the name change. Is there anyway to
>> go back to the original names and keep them from renaming themselves? They
>> are running off of a PCI express USB 3.0 card. Once in awhile, after a
>> reboot, it won't see external and I have to unplug it and plug it into a
>> different port to be seen.
>
>
> Suggestion:
>
> Shut the machine down.
> Disconnect all the drives.
> Restart.
> As root, remove all the old mount points under /media
> Reboot.
>
> (I'd also do a forced fsck at this point:
>
> sudo touch /forcefsck
>
> ... before the reboot and it will check the root FS for errors.)
>
> Now, when you reconnect the drives, the OS should create new mount points.
>

I think the OP was looking for ways to prevent the unexpected 
creation of additional mount points (and thus drive renaming).
bill