Mounting devices in Linux via persistent naming

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Mounting devices in Linux via persistent naming

Forum: Feature requests

Creator: nessundorma

Created: 2026-03-19

Updated: 2 days ago

nessundorma - 2026-03-19

Hello,

currently it is only possible to mount devices in Linux by using block device files like /dev/sdb2.
But these files tend to change after reboot, so /dev/sdb2 might become /dev/sda2 after a reboot, which makes it impossible to use these paths as favorite volumes in the GUI.

Please make it possible to also use links from the /dev/disk/by-id directory, which tend to be stable.

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AriZone - 2 days ago

Hi,
You coluld write simple script that handle by-id as i did. Of course it would be bypassing GUI, but for time being it is usable.
Cheers.

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