USB storage devices and /etc/fstab

[Robin Laing]

Dave Lehman wrote:
>>>> name and I have to manually edit /etc/fstab to mount them.  Is there a way 
>>>> around this?
>>> The easiest way is to label the filesystems and edit your /etc/fstab to
>>> use the labels instead of the device names.  Find one of your devices
>> Dunno about you chaps, but mine are mostly FAT filesystems, and they're 
>> staying that way for maximum portability.
>>
>> What then?
> 
> Use dosfslabel from the dosfstools package.
> 
> 
> Dave
> 

For most of my sticks, I check the partition table, reformat them as 
vfat with a label.  I can then grab a stick and know what it is.  As we 
have dozens of the same sticks at work, mine is automatically identified 
by having my name on it.

On linux these mount as "/media/{label}"

-- 
Robin Laing