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identical UUIDs

Asked by dural78

I've been trying to mount 2 NTFS drives. One shows up, but the other doesn't. I'm a raw beginner, but I've looked my fstab. I've noticed that both NTFS drives (hdc1 & hdd1) have the same UUIDs. Is this normal? Is it possible to change or edit one so they aren't pointing to the same place?

fstab:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# -- This file has been automaticly generated by ntfs-config --
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>

proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# Entry for /dev/hdc2 :
UUID=644076bf-df01-4e07-9a8d-a9b054fa5a71 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# Entry for /dev/hdc1 :
UUID=6AC1F425FF4780EB /media/hdc1 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_CA.UTF-8 0 1
# Entry for /dev/hdd1 :
UUID=6AC1F425FF4780EB /media/hdd1 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_CA.UTF-8 0 1
# Entry for /dev/hdd2 :
UUID=8478564C78563CDC /media/hdd2 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_CA.UTF-8 0 1
# Entry for /dev/hdd3 :
UUID=4694-C928 /media/hdd3 vfat user,fmask=0111,dmask=000 0 0
# Entry for /dev/hdc3 :
UUID=eb8f70f0-096f-4045-94d4-b065647ef6e2 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hda /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom2 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0

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Jeff Martin (evilgourmet) said : 		#1

Hello,

To get the UUID for each drive try this, it will list the UUID so you can edit the fstab.

 sudo vol_id -u /dev/hdc1
then:
 sudo vol_id -u /dev/hdd1

get the specific UUIDs and use them in the fstab.

I hope this helps.
-Jeff

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dural78 (mike-tee-vee) said : 		#2

Hi,

When I type those commands in terminal, I get the same UUIDs for both drives:

cameron@cameron-desktop:~$ sudo vol_id -u /dev/hdc1
6AC1F425FF4780EB
cameron@cameron-desktop:~$ sudo vol_id -u /dev/hdd1
6AC1F425FF4780EB

Is there anything else I can try?

Thanks.

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Przemek K. (azrael) said : 		#3

Just use good old /dev/ paths.
/dev/hdc1 /media/hdc1 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_CA.UTF-8 0 1
/dev/hdd1 /media/hdd1 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_CA.UTF-8 0 1

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