[Solved] Mounting new external storage device with same volume label as old one (want to lose the -1)

["J.A. de Vries" <hdv.jadev@gmail.com>]

Hi all,

The problem is solved. While digging around I noticed there was an empty 
mydisk directory under /media even when none of the disks with that volume 
label were attached to the system. It must have been an artefact left over 
from some previous failure of the old disk. After removing that directory all 
is back to normal again.

Ah, well. Should have known to check there first. It's always the simple 
solutions that get overlooked...

Thanks to those that tried to help!

Grx HdV