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SubjectRe: Problem with usb-storage and /dev/sd?
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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...
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