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EugeneT · [RPi4] USB drives with the same name EugeneT July 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM

Finally, I found a solution.
I created new '[email protected]' in '/storage/.config/system.d/'.

Code

[Unit]
Description=Udevil USB Drives mount service
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=-/usr/bin/udevil --mount /dev/%I /var/media/%I
ExecStop=-/usr/bin/udevil --umount /dev/%I
ExecStartPost=-/usr/lib/samba/samba-autoshare
ExecStopPost=-/usr/lib/samba/samba-autoshare
RemainAfterExit=yes

Then I changed '95-udevil-mount.rules' to execute '[email protected] ' for connected USB drives.

Code

# dont run in "installer" mode
IMPORT{cmdline}="installer"
ENV{installer}=="1", GOTO="exit"
# check for blockdevices, /dev/sd*, /dev/sr*, /dev/mmc*, and /dev/nvme*
SUBSYSTEM!="block", KERNEL!="sd*|sr*|mmc*|nvme*", GOTO="exit"
# check for special partitions we dont want mount
IMPORT{builtin}="blkid"
ENV{ID_FS_LABEL}=="EFI|BOOT|Recovery|RECOVERY|SETTINGS|boot|root0|share0|SecureDrive", GOTO="exit"
# /dev/sd*, /dev/mmc*, and /dev/nvme* with partitions/disk and filesystems only, and /dev/sr* disks only
KERNEL=="mmc*|nvme*", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="partition|disk", ENV{ID_FS_USAGE}=="filesystem",  GOTO="harddisk"
KERNEL=="sd[a-z][0-9]", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="partition|disk", ENV{ID_FS_USAGE}=="filesystem", GOTO="usb"
KERNEL=="sr*", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="disk", GOTO="optical"
GOTO="exit"
# mount or umount for hdds
LABEL="harddisk"
ACTION=="add", PROGRAM="/usr/bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/grep -E ^/dev/%k\  /proc/mounts || true'", RESULT=="", RUN+="/usr/bin/systemctl restart udevil-mount@/dev/%k.service"
ACTION=="remove", RUN+="/usr/bin/systemctl stop udevil-mount@/dev/%k.service"
GOTO="exit"
LABEL="usb"
ACTION=="add", PROGRAM="/usr/bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/grep -E ^/dev/%k\  /proc/mounts || true'", RESULT=="", RUN+="/usr/bin/systemctl restart udevil-mount-usb@%k.service"
ACTION=="remove", RUN+="/usr/bin/systemctl stop udevil-mount-usb@%k.service"
GOTO="exit"
# mount or umount for opticals
LABEL="optical"
ACTION=="add|change", RUN+="/usr/bin/systemctl restart udevil-mount@/dev/%k.service"
GOTO="exit"
# Exit
LABEL="exit"

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And now it worked for me as i expected.

EugeneT · [RPi4] USB drives with the same name EugeneT July 7, 2025 at 10:43 AM

Quote from vpeter

Of course there are other ways. Like manually mounting from autostart.sh, with 2 systemd scripts, with one udev script, ...

I have tried to modify the 95 udev rule for non-predefined disks, but without success.

EugeneT · [RPi4] USB drives with the same name EugeneT July 7, 2025 at 7:17 AM

I know that I can rename disks. It's a pity there's no other way. Thank you all for the answers.

EugeneT · [RPi4] USB drives with the same name EugeneT July 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM

Hi!

I came across this issue while working with Kodi on LibreELEC 12.0.2, installed on a Raspberry Pi 4. There were two USB drives with the same name, and when I connected them to Kodi's File Manager, it only showed one of the drives, the one that was connected last. If I disconnect last connected USB drive, the FileManager returns to show first USB drive.

From what I understand, this is because the mount point for the drives is the same as their name. Is there any way to make Kodi see the two drives as two separate devices in FileManager, or force it to mount them using different names?