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userlander

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Registered: 2008-08-23

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[SOLVED] weird UUID for mp3 player

I'm trying to write my fstab to mount my sansa clip, but it keeps changing the device designation (/dev/sde, /dev/sdf, sdg, etc.)

I did ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid, and it gives only an 8-digit UUID:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2009-03-26 13:02 0123-4567 -> ../../sdf

that isn't right, is it? how can I find the right UUID to use?

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N/M - that UUID actually did work. It doesn't show up in the XFCE mount plugin, but it still mounts in rox.

Last edited by userlander (2009-03-26 17:19:11)

byte

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From: Düsseldorf (DE)

Registered: 2006-05-01

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Re: [SOLVED] weird UUID for mp3 player

Vfat/msdos UUIDs aren't longer. Also see /dev/disk/by-id/.

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userlander

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Registered: 2008-08-23

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Re: [SOLVED] weird UUID for mp3 player

Thanks for the info. I didn't realize vfat used a different format. 0123-4567 in succession like that looked weird to me anyway, but i guess not because it works. thx.