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[Primm <lynn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 24 December 2006 16:30, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> * Primm <lynn@xxxxxxxxxxxx> [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.
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