On 2024-10-23 16:29, CAREY SCHUG via talk wrote:

If I have to edit fstab, it is not "recognizing" it.

edit FSTAB EACH time, because it might not always go into the same port on the usb hub.  and I want to use that hub for other storage too.

winblows just recognizes it and mounts it.  Don't we claim linux is better then winblows?  not here it isn't.

MS Windows will mount MS file systems.
It will not mount my ext4 or Reiser or BTRFS partitions.

If you make proper partitions then create and label the filesystems they will appear by name when you plug the drive into a USB port.
This of coarse depends on you running a full workstation kind of distribution and not some stripped down distro like OpenWRT.

I don't think I have had to worry about the /dev/sdX position of a drive for years on my laptop or work station.

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