Changes

  LABEL=Disk2 /home/e-smith/files/ibays/ibay-2/html ext3 defaults

  LABEL=Disk2 /home/e-smith/files/ibays/ibay-2/html ext3 defaults

* Reliably mount multiple disks in the one location, in case you want to use a rotating set of disk drives for backups, by using lines like these in /etc/fstab (just don't connect two of these drives at the same time!):<br>

* Reliably mount multiple disks in the one location, in case you want to use a rotating set of disk drives for backups, by using lines like these in /etc/fstab (just don't connect two of these drives at the same time!):<br>

  LABEL=Disk1 /mnt/backup ext3 defaults

  LABEL=Disk1 /media/backup ext3 defaults

  LABEL=Disk2 /mnt/backup ext3 defaults

  LABEL=Disk2 /media/backup ext3 defaults

  LABEL=Disk3 /mnt/backup ext3 defaults

  LABEL=Disk3 /media/backup ext3 defaults

====Supported FileSystems====

====Supported FileSystems====

  mkfs.ext3 -L MyLabel /dev/sdc1

  mkfs.ext3 -L MyLabel /dev/sdc1

</li><li>Make the mount point

</li><li>Make the mount point

  mkdir -p /mnt/affadevice

  mkdir -p /media/affadevice

</li><li>Customize /etc/fstab as shown here: [[USBDisks#Customizing_fstab|Customizing fstab]]

</li><li>Customize /etc/fstab as shown here: [[USBDisks#Customizing_fstab|Customizing fstab]]

</li><li>Mount the drive

</li><li>Mount the drive

mount reads /etc/fstab to look for instructions on what to do if not specifically told on the command line.  After updating /etc/fstab as recommended, you can "mount" your USB disk reliably by specifying either the target directory:

mount reads /etc/fstab to look for instructions on what to do if not specifically told on the command line.  After updating /etc/fstab as recommended, you can "mount" your USB disk reliably by specifying either the target directory:

  mount /mnt/affadevice

  mount /media/affadevice

or the disk label:

or the disk label:

  mount LABEL=MyLabel

  mount LABEL=MyLabel

Add the following line to the /etc/fstab

Add the following line to the /etc/fstab

  LABEL=MyLabel /mnt/affadevice ext3 defaults

  LABEL=MyLabel /media/affadevice ext3 defaults

* Replace 'ext3' with 'vfat' if your drive is formatted as fat32/vfat.

* Replace 'ext3' with 'vfat' if your drive is formatted as fat32/vfat.

* Replace /mnt/affadevice with the folder in which you want your USB drive mounted (here and in all "mount" commands)

* Replace /media/affadevice with the folder in which you want your USB drive mounted (here and in all "mount" commands)

* Make sure that the mount directory (/mnt/affadevice in this example) exists and is empty!  Linux will not mount a drive in a directory that is not empty.

* Make sure that the mount directory (/media/affadevice in this example) exists and is empty!  Linux will not mount a drive in a directory that is not empty.

* Add multiple entries as described in [[USBDisks#The_Solution]] to meet your specific requirements.

* Add multiple entries as described in [[USBDisks#The_Solution]] to meet your specific requirements.