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Mount external USB drive in Debian Linux to a mount point based on the volume name

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How do I configure my Debian installation to mount external USB drives to mount points based on the volume names of the drives? For instance, if I have a thumb drive with the volume name of "SWORDFISH," how do I have Linux mount it at /media/SWORDFISH? I'm aware that this can be setup in FSTAB, but…

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Fix for: Mount external USB drive in Debian Linux to a mount point based on the volume name

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The functionality was implemented by Hal in the past (Lenny): Hal is depreciated in Squeeze: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/hal/2008-May/011560.html But you can install it:

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