http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/7805/ It would be great if one could just plug a device in, then after it mounts s/he could give it a permanent mount name.
People shouldn't have to manipulate udev rules!

Below is an example:

A new linux user is using Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon, Gnome or KDE.
They have one external USB hard drive, and one USB flash drive. Let's say they first plug in the external drive, it mounts under /dev/sda1 (successfully, let's assume hotplugging works) to the location /media/disk.
The user plugs in the flash drive. It mounts as /dev/sda2 to the location /media/usbdisk.
Success! But wait, what happens if the user unmounts both devices, and then reverses the procedure? What if he mounts the usb drive first?

Lo and behold, the opposite happens:it configures them as /dev/sda2 and /dev/sda1, respectively mounting the external drive to /media/usbdisk, and vice-versa.
Now, /etc/fstab allows you to assign device markers (/dev) to certain mountpoints, right? But how can one effect which new device is assigned which marker? With UUIDS, right?
But when one assigns UUIDs to certain /devs, it effectively disables hotplugging!
So where are we? Back at the beginning!
Now, I may be wrong about a few of the particulars here, and if so, please, please correct me. But does anyone know a way around this?
In Windows XP, Vista, and Mac OS X, one can assign a mount point/drive/partition a permanent name.
This is very annoying; for example if I have shifting mount points then my ktorrent, amarok saved locations get screwed up.

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I guess GNOME does not allow to do this... I'd be surprised if you could.]]> Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:30:32 +0000 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:45:56 +0000 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:54:57 +0000 Try my experiment.
Also, the mount name doesn't necessarily depend on the device node; but we still do need a way to keep mounts static; I have seen more than a few newbies turned away from GNU/Linux because they keep having to reconfigure their media players and torrent clients.]]> Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:15:33 +0000 I am simply suggesting that we make static udev rules easier to apply; or create a simple setup gui that does all the hard work for us and allows hotplugging.
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With a FAT32 USB Stick, the disk label works quite nicely. I suppose you'd have to use fdisk or gparted (gfloppy?) for that.

I'd like to see this option for various types of USB device. Joypad 1 and 2 are a good example.]]> Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:24:25 +0000 http://www.lissot.net/partition/ext2fs/labels.html
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Now, I feel MacOS X fails, in that one can only change the label name through the GUI. IMHO, any rename of the mount point by an authorized user should do a relabel.

Having said that, I have no issue with also making a device-centric name available. This could be done by making a symbolic link from one to the other]]> Sat, 03 May 2008 21:04:52 +0000 Yes. e2label.

"Is the UUID unique for each disk?"
UUID stands for "Universally Unique IDentifier". If it weren't Universally Unique, then it'd hardly be worth calling it that.]]> Sat, 03 May 2008 21:35:42 +0000
i am using konqueror (kde 3.5.9)- disk labeled.. mountpoint defined... test.. works.. new test in different "plugin" order.. also works.. did i miss something?]]> Sat, 10 May 2008 10:43:30 +0000
I comment some about this here
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5228822#post5228822
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