External HDD same path on server and local

[eagle3ye]

Hello,

I have an Ubuntu based home server with a portable usb hard drive shared via samba. I have the drive mapped to windows network drives on both my desktop and laptop. Several programs are dependent on this exact path (e.g., itunes). When I leave the house, however, I'd like to remove this drive from the network and bring it with me. The problem is, when I mount the drive to my laptop, the path is different so itunes and my myriad of other dependent programs can't find it.

What would be a solution to this problem?

Thanks a lot.

 

[rvcjew]

is it giving it a different letter in ubuntu or windows if windows you can always make it have the same letter by assigning it one in disk management.

 

[eagle3ye]

Ubuntu doesn't use drive letters. There has to be a way to do this... I'm racking my brain but nothing is coming to mind.

 

[rvcjew]

Which one does it not be the same when you put it back, the windows system or the Ubuntu server?