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From: Carl Hudkins <carl@...>
Subject: Can I force USB drives' device name?
Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 19:34:32 -0400
Hi, list!

 I've got two USB storage devices here, a Jump Drive and a floppy/superdisk 
drive.  When plugged in by itself, the floppy drive becomes /dev/sda; the 
Jump Drive becomes /dev/sda1.  When they are both plugged in together, 
whichever one was plugged in first gets /dev/sda(1), and the other 
becomes /dev/sdb(1).  This behavior is expected and understood.

 What I'd like to know is whether or not it's possible to make the floppy 
drive, for example, *always* /dev/sdb, even if it's plugged in by itself.  
This would simplify life by allowing me to have /etc/fstab always know where 
the floppy drive is, make desktop icons, etc.

 Does anyone know how to do this?

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