Re: Renamiing a USB external h/d
On 12 January 2012 18:39, hvw59601 <hvw59601@care2.com> wrote:
> Sharon Kimble wrote:
>>
>> On 12 January 2012 14:28, hvw59601 <hvw59601@care2.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Sharon Kimble wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have a USB external hard drive for my backups which is formatted ext
>>>> 3. It is currently named as
>>>> '/media/8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd5d459_ ' and mounted via fstab.
>>>>
>>>> I've tried using e2label as follows;-
>>>> sudo e2label /media/8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd5d459_ /media/backup
>>>> e2label: Is a directory while trying to open
>>>> /media/8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd5d459_
>>>> Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock.
>>>>
>>>> So I tried using rename as follows;-
>>>> sudo rename /media/8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd5d459_ /media/backup
>>>> Number found where operator expected at (eval 1) line 1, near "/media/8"
>>>> (Missing operator before 8?)
>>>> Bareword found where operator expected at (eval 1) line 1, near
>>>> "8eef3b99"
>>>> (Missing operator before eef3b99?)
>>>> syntax error at (eval 1) line 1, near "/media/8"
>>>>
>>>> How then can I rename it please?
>>>>
>>> What is the output of 'blkid'?
>>>
>>> Hugo
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>
>> sudo blkid
>> [sudo] password for boztu:
>> /dev/sda8: UUID="4018fc29-4a88-4346-ab31-e95e67b99fee" SEC_TYPE="ext2"
>> TYPE="ext3"
>> /dev/sda1: UUID="8d3cc403-6dfb-49f1-b667-e7475b8ca20a" TYPE="ext3"
>> /dev/sda5: UUID="cd9d075d-d29d-4457-a5e7-8d9776d6fb2a" TYPE="ext3"
>> /dev/sda6: UUID="b9d6ae06-0075-463a-ac2b-238a94b2f6e9" TYPE="ext3"
>> /dev/sda7: UUID="6d280167-03a7-4e3f-96c2-44882e20f522" TYPE="swap"
>> /dev/sda9: UUID="0741170f-84e8-42e7-8065-85d2f4fc1ddd" TYPE="ext3"
>> /dev/sda10: UUID="f8fb1487-8f68-41b2-a044-d4ccd0ab2974" TYPE="ext3"
>> /dev/sda11: UUID="b8df75ce-5186-49b7-9760-ad3303ea3f81" TYPE="ext3"
>> /dev/sda12: UUID="6276c183-10df-4767-b8f2-8e80ca99d66e" TYPE="ext3"
>> /dev/sdb1: UUID="8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd5d459" TYPE="ext3"
>>
>
> If by 'rename' you mean 'assigning a label to the device' then it is:
>
> e2label /dev/sdb1 media_backup
>
> I would not use those '/' in a label.
>
> Is that what you meant by 'rename'?
>
>
> Hugo
>
>
OKay, this is what I did;-
sudo umount /dev/sdb1
sudo e2label /dev/sdb1 backup
sudo mkdir /media/backup
sudo emacs /etc/fstab
The fstab line now looks like this;-
#/dev/sdb1 /media/8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd5d459_ auto
defaults 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /media/backup auto defaults 0 0
sudo mount /media/backup
I then ran ls -l /media which showed;-
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 12 11:19
8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd5d459_
drwxr-xr-x 141 root root 16384 Jan 8 04:30 backup
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 May 22 2011 cdrom -> cdrom0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 22 2011 cdrom0
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 20480 Dec 16 02:36 disk
I then unplugged the usb drive and plugged it back in again and it
shows with ls -l /media
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 12 11:19
8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd5d459_
drwxr-xr-x 141 root root 16384 Jan 8 04:30 backup
drwxr-xr-x 141 root root 16384 Jan 8 04:30 backup_
Where have I gone wrong please, and how do I put it right?
Sharon.
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