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  • use UUID to fix a device name
    Computer/linux 2013. 12. 18. 13:59

     One target of the automatic backup script is the external usb disk named as /dev/sdl1. After rearrange the usb cables over all usb device, it was recognized as /dev/sdk1 as follows:

    Dec 18 13:21:46 kaffee kernel: [588414.483990] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdk] 976773168 512-byte logical blocks: (500 GB/465 GiB)
    Dec 18 13:21:46 kaffee kernel: [588414.484521] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdk] Write Protect is off
    Dec 18 13:21:46 kaffee kernel: [588414.485131] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdk] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
    Dec 18 13:21:46 kaffee kernel: [588414.528258]  sdk: sdk1
    Dec 18 13:21:46 kaffee kernel: [588414.530946] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdk] Attached SCSI disk


    So it is better to use UUID instead of sdX bla.   Check UUID for the usb external HDD


    root@kaffee:/dev/disk/by-uuid# ls -ltar
    total 0
    drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 100 Dec 18 13:17 ..
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  10 Dec 18 13:18 ee695188-6bab-4f1f-a4c2-cf1b70799c4e -> ../../sdk1


      Change /etc/fstab as follows:


    #/dev/sdl1      /media/toshiba                            ext4    rw,user,noauto        0       0
    UUID=ee695188-6bab-4f1f-a4c2-cf1b70799c4e       /media/toshiba                    ext4    rw,user,noauto      

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