On 5 October 2010 19:11, Anton Piatek <an...@piatek.co.uk> wrote: > On 5 Oct 2010 18:55, "Glen Mehn" <glen.m...@oba.co.uk> wrote: >> On 04/10/10 20:25, Neil Greenwood wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I have a couple of matched USB hard drives that I use as part of my >>> backup strategy. At the moment they both have the same label, so they >>> end up mounted at /media/backup. But this means I can't easily tell >>> which drive is which, and when I plug the second in, it gets mounted >>> at /media/backup_. >>> >>> I'd like to re-label the drives to backup1 and backup2, but then have >>> a symlink automatically created at /media/backup to whichever drive >>> was first plugged in. I think I need to use a udev rule, but other >>> than that I'm not sure. >>> >>> Does anyone have any ideas? >> >> Hi Neil, >> >> You can rename partitions in parted or gparted, which should sort it out >> for you. Then in your backup script, put something like: >> >> if test -d /mounts/backup1 >> do ln -s /mounts/backup1 /mounts/backup >> elif test -d /mounts/backup2 >> do ln -s /mounts backup2 /mounts/backup >> else print "neither backup mount point exists, exiting"; exit 1 >> >> Does that make sense? >> >> Best, >> >> Glen >> > I use devices by id in my fstab to have unique mount points. Have a browse > through /dev/ when the disk is connected > > Anton >
Sorry, I should have been clearer with my question! I know how to rename the partitions: I named them both 'backup' in the first place. I don't have one specific backup script, I use the drive from different applications for different backup purposes. I'd like the first drive I plug in to get a symlink automatically, which I think udev can do. I'm just not sure exactly how, nor how to check whether or not the symlink has already been created. Cofion, Neil. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
