Mountpoint external usb-drive differs in KDE from LXDE

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#1

Hi there,

Perhaps somebody knows this one:

When I mount my external usb-drive within KDE it’s mounted on /media/disk.
When I mount my external usb-drive (yes, the same one) within LXDE it’s mounted on /media/72F580136411D534.

Not a great deal, but when I use DirSyncPro to backup some stuff I have to make adjustments to my saved settings, e.g. change the target folders.

I was just wondering why the mountpoints differ.

#2

I know you can configure this in Systemsettings for KDE. I believe you straight away, but there is a cure for it:

label the partition(s) on the disk. Let’s say /dev/sdx6 contains the backup, then label that one as ‘Backup’. It will mount in /media/Backup, AFAIK on both KDE and LXDE

There might as well be an option for LXDE on how to mount external media.

Hope this helped you, please let us know.

#3

Thanks! After a

ntfslabel /dev/sd*x** disk

things are funky again.

(*x used as an example, do NOT put a * here)