lalawawa wrote:

> On Jul 28, 9:46 pm, Roby <r...@no-address.net> wrote:
>> lalawawa wrote:
>>
>> Put a disk label on the usb drive and use it to identify the right device
>> by putting something like this in /etc/fstab:
>>
>> /dev/disk/by-label/my_usb_disk /media/st ntfs-3g defaults 0 0
>>
>> The label is case-sensitive.
>
> OK, sounds great. How do I put a label on the disk?

For ntfs, use ntfslabel (or use windows).
For ext2/3, use either e2label or tune2fs -L.

Or just use a felt-tip marking pen!