Mounting 2 external hard drives - duplication problem

Forum rules
Before you post read how to get help. Topics in this forum are automatically closed 6 months after creation.
Locked
MintyBoi

Mounting 2 external hard drives - duplication problem

Post by MintyBoi »

I have 2 hard drives that are the same model, except one has 4TB and the other has 3.

Mint automatically labels them for me "Elements" and "Elements1" because they both want to be "Elements" by default.

Things get interesting when I try to give them sensible individual labels in Disks > (select main partition on an Elements hard drive) > Edit Mount Options

If I change one to have a custom mounting point and label, everything seems ok when I save. But when I go to edit the other one, it now has those details too. Saving my mounting details duplicates across both drives when just editing one.

How can I force Mint to distinguish between these 2 drives properly?

Cheers
Last edited by LockBot on Wed Dec 28, 2022 7:16 am, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Topic automatically closed 6 months after creation. New replies are no longer allowed.
User avatar
lsemmens
Level 11
Level 11
Posts: 3951
Joined: Wed Sep 10, 2014 9:07 pm
Location: Rural South Australia

Re: Mounting 2 external hard drives - duplication problem

Post by lsemmens »

Try using Gparted (available in Software Manager) to rename the drives. (you will need to unmount them first.)
Fully mint Household
Out of my mind - please leave a message
Locked

Return to “Storage”