Usb hdd mount problem

[kiesa1231]

Hello all i installed entware in mnt/sda1 But asus somtimes mount after turn on to mnt/sdb1.Hdd file system fromated to ext3 only one partition.How setup to force mount only mnt/sda1 on first usb port or second port?Now hdd connected to usb port 1.Please help thanks

 

[Juggler]

It is well known "feature". Use labels to access usb disks.

 

[IanEnc]

It is well known "feature". Use labels to access usb disks.

I'm curious about the labeling. I'm not familiar with the linux environment, and I have read that a script would need to be executed upon the router bootup to assign the label to the drive.

If the drive is tied to /dev/sda1 upon making the labeling script, and then after a reboot the drive is then assigned to /dev/sdb1, how is the script now going to point to the proper drive?

Perhaps I misinterpreted the script syntax, but is there a variable used to obtain the drive? How can the script distinguish between one USB device and another if I were to swap a different USB drive in the same slot?

 

[Klyken]

I think you have your wires crossed there. You only need to label (unique,no spaces) once. Mounts are then tmp/mnt/Label instead of dynamic tmp/mnt/sd..

 

[Juggler]

Label your partitions to make booting Linux and mounting partitions far easier
http://www.shcherbyna.com/?p=1020

Or just use google
http://bit.ly/1i9uI5E

 

[IanEnc]

Label your partitions to make booting Linux and mounting partitions far easier
http://www.shcherbyna.com/?p=1020

Or just use google
http://bit.ly/1i9uI5E

Hah. I like that google page. Thanks. I thought I would bring it up here just in case others may have been wondering the same thing.

 

[TeHashX]

The easiest way to label a disk is directly from terminal:

tune2fs -L "[COLOR="Red"]desired_label_here[/COLOR]" /dev/sda1
reboot

To remove label

tune2fs -L "" /dev/sda1
reboot