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From: Carl Hudkins <carl@×××××××.org>
To: gentoo-ppc-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-ppc-user] Can I force USB drives' device name?
Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 23:39:05
Message-Id: 200505031934.33434.carl@hudkins.org
1 Hi, list!
2
3 I've got two USB storage devices here, a Jump Drive and a floppy/superdisk
4 drive. When plugged in by itself, the floppy drive becomes /dev/sda; the
5 Jump Drive becomes /dev/sda1. When they are both plugged in together,
6 whichever one was plugged in first gets /dev/sda(1), and the other
7 becomes /dev/sdb(1). This behavior is expected and understood.
8
9 What I'd like to know is whether or not it's possible to make the floppy
10 drive, for example, *always* /dev/sdb, even if it's plugged in by itself.
11 This would simplify life by allowing me to have /etc/fstab always know where
12 the floppy drive is, make desktop icons, etc.
13
14 Does anyone know how to do this?
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Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Can I force USB drives' device name? Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>