[PLUG] Defining external hd in /etc/fstab

[Paul Mullen]

On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 12:03:30PM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Sep 2016, King Beowulf wrote:
> > Also. consider using the drive's UUID instead of /dev/sdX as the
> > dev nodes for USB drives are not guaranteed to survive reboot.
> 
> That makes sense ... for this drive but not multiple thumb drives.
> I'll look up how to determine its UUID.

`blkid YOUR_DEVICE_HERE` will tell you.

You can also mount volumes by their label, which I prefer for
removable devices like thumb drives, cameras, etc.  It's a lot easier
to work with "DIGICAM" or "32GTHUMB" than a UUID.


-- 
Paul