[ale] persistent mount points on removable devices

[David Corbin]

On Gentoo, there is a "udev" package that is a replacement for devfs. It 
allows you configure specific devices to fixed filenames.  I don't know if 
this is gentoo specific, part of the linux kernel, or an independent project.

On Sunday 30 January 2005 02:06 am, Jay Loden wrote:
> I have an iPod and an external CD drive and an external hard drive, all of
> which I will be connecting to my laptop via firewire during my semester
> abroad (starting Tuesday).  I would like to know if there is a way for me
> to plug in my iPod, for example, and have it mount /mnt/iPod, or plug in my
> external drive and have it mount '/mnt/maxtor' or what have you.
>
> This way I can use things like gtkpod, etc to mount the drive and I will be
> able to control where it mounts without having to manually specify.  (This
> is on Debian 2.6.8)
>
> I don't need it to automount the drives, but I'd like to be able to, for
> example, let gtkpod mount my iPod for me, which requires it to stay
> consistent. I've noticed that if I remove a device and reconnect it, it
> often comes up as a different block device...how can I get around this? 
> Can I set labels and set fstab to mount by label?
>
> -Jay
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