Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Problem with usb-storage and /dev/sd? | Date | Thu, 11 Aug 2005 18:53:52 -0400 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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DervishD <lkml@dervishd.net> wrote: > * Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@redhat.com> dixit: > > On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 21:22:43 +0200, DervishD <lkml@dervishd.net> wrote: > > > I'm not using hotplug currently so... how can I make the USB > > > subsystem to assign always the same /dev/sd? entry to my USB Mass > > > storage devices? [...] > > You cannot. Just mount by label or something...
> Mounting by label won't work, the problem is the /dev entry, > which changes every time.
That's why you should mount by label...
> > Better yet, install something like Fedora Core 4, which uses HAL, > > and forget about it. The fstab-sync takes care of the rest. > > Oh no, thanks, I've already used Fedora and it only reinforced my > feeling about distros: I prefer my do-it-yourself box ;)
In Fedora rawhide it just works. I can't see how the knot you are tying yourself into by diy is any better... -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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