As title says I have a direct attached storage attached to a Linux machine (that used to be windows). Said raid system started as being called ./Raid and is now after 2 restarts of of the lap top it is now ./Raid2. Is there a way to make it not change names every time I do a restart. I did some looking online but don’t want to do something that will ruin the content that is on those drives.

Thanks

  • @[email protected]
    11•9 months ago

    Just mount it to a fixed location in /etc/fstab, but use a mount option like nofail or nobootwait (quick search showed that this is the option for ubuntu users), so your machine still boots when the drive is not connected

    • BlxterOPEnglish
      2•9 months ago

      is /fstab a folder? Or do you mean change that actual file?

      • Para_lyzed
        8•9 months ago

        /etc/fstab is a file that controls auto mount points at boot. You can read about it with the command man fstab, or search up how to add something to it in a search engine. There are plenty of resources to help you online with creating a mount in the fstab.

        • BlxterOPEnglish
          1•9 months ago

          Thank you I believe I have it resolved

          • @olympicyesEnglish
            1•9 months ago

            It’s recommended to map the mount point to the drive’s GUID. That way if you change your hardware around you can be sure the drive will still mount.

  • Captain Janeway
    1•9 months ago

    What’s the end goal here? You should be able to use fstab to mount the drive to a particular folder on every boot. That should allow you to access the mounted folder consistently.