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from: ANDREAS NEUMANN
date: 2018-09-19 11:46:00
subject: Re: USB hard drive discon

NY wrote:

> I've got a USB hard drive (Intenso 320GB 2.5") which is plugged into my
> Pi. It auto-mounts to /media/pi/ but I umount it from there and
> manually mount it to a folder /mnt/recordings where it is used as the
> destination for TV recordings made by TVheadend.
>
> I've noticed that at random times (not related to movement of the USB
> connection between drive and the Pi), the drive disconnects itself. The
> first I know is when I see a pop-up dialogue "Removable media is inserted
> - Open in File Manager". It remounts to /media/pi/ - always the same
> ID.

You could link /mnt/recordings to /media/pi/, or bind-mount it
on /mnt/recordings. This way it will be available there immediately once it
reconnects.

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