Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Does sysfs really provides persistent hardware path to devices? | From | Dax Kelson <> | Date | 26 Jul 2003 16:51:24 -0600 |
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On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 10:59, J.C. Wren wrote: > Specifically using your example of USB memories, I have seen devices move > around just because of rebooting. I have a Sandisk SDDR-31 (MMC) and a > SDDR-33 (CF) that remain plugged into the same USB ports all the time. > Occasionally, they come up swapped (normally the MMC reader is /dev/sda), > which is really infuriating, since my scripts for building MMC and CF cards > then exhibit much breakage.
man devlabel in Red Hat Linux 9 and above would solve this 100% for you.
Also, the devlabel home page:
http://www.lerhaupt.com/linux.html
and a whitepaper on it:
http://www.dell.com/us/en/esg/topics/power_ps1q03-lerhaupt.htm
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