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You should be able to force a specific mount point just by adding a UUID line to fstab or cryptab. I believe (okay, can’t remember) that will also stop the "device inserted .."-dialog.
Note: These have been modified from my actual entries, so use only as a guide, do not copy/paste. Copy/paste will most likely fubar your system. (Especially if your external drive is formatted something other than ext4.)
Examples:
UnEncrypted: - ADD to /etc/fstab UUID={huge UUID number} /media/michael/hdsda ext4 defaults,noatime,nofail 1 2
Encrypted: - ADD to /etc/crypttab lesda /dev/disk/by-uuid/{huge UUID number} /root/.luks/keyfile.sda luks,nofail - ADD to /etc/fstab /dev/mapper/lesda /media/michael/hdsda ext4 defaults,noatime,nofail 1 2
See the last LUKS post I made for more details on encrypted.
Best, Michael