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Is there a way to stop and rename a mounted external drive (DAS set to raid5) so it does not change names every restart linux ubuntu (lemmy.zip)

submitted 9 months ago by Blxter@lemmy.zip to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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As title says I have a direct attached storage attached to a Linux machine (that used to be windows). Said raid system started as being called ./Raid and is now after 2 restarts of of the lap top it is now ./Raid2. Is there a way to make it not change names every time I do a restart. I did some looking online but don't want to do something that will ruin the content that is on those drives.

Thanks

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[–] steersman2484@sh.itjust.works 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Just mount it to a fixed location in /etc/fstab, but use a mount option like nofail or nobootwait (quick search showed that this is the option for ubuntu users), so your machine still boots when the drive is not connected

[–] Blxter@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

is /fstab a folder? Or do you mean change that actual file?

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 months ago

man fstab

[–] Para_lyzed@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

/etc/fstab is a file that controls auto mount points at boot. You can read about it with the command man fstab, or search up how to add something to it in a search engine. There are plenty of resources to help you online with creating a mount in the fstab.

[–] rasensprenger@feddit.de 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

But be careful, you can pretty easily break stuff by messing up fstab

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

Easily? Just don't go deleting things and you're probably fine.

[–] Blxter@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Thank you I believe I have it resolved

[–] olympicyes@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

It’s recommended to map the mount point to the drive’s GUID. That way if you change your hardware around you can be sure the drive will still mount.

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 2 points 9 months ago

I guess this is a /etc/udev/ thing?

[–] captainjaneway@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

What's the end goal here? You should be able to use fstab to mount the drive to a particular folder on every boot. That should allow you to access the mounted folder consistently.