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>> -----Original Message----- |
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>> From: tastytea <gentoo@××××××××.de> |
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>> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2021 9:00 PM |
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>> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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>> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Switching from eudev to udev, disaster. |
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>> On 2021-11-29 22:47-0600 Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> > Now if I can figure out how to reset the list of /dev/sd* names that |
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>> > are lurking about and inconsistent, that would be like striking gold. |
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>> > Every time I hook up my external drive, it gets a different sd* name. |
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>> > It does the same on the SD cards from my trail cameras too but I can |
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>> > auto mount those. |
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>> I don't think it is possible to get consistent sd* names for removable media. But you could use volume labels with `tune2fs -L` or `tune.exfat -L` or `fatlabel` and then mount them via /dev/disk/by-label/*. |
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>> Kind regards, tastytea |
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>> Get my PGP key with `gpg --locate-keys tastytea@××××××××.de` or at <https://tastytea.de/tastytea.asc>. |
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Don't even need to do that if you don't care about human beings too much. /dev/disk/by-id has similar links based on drive model and serial number and /dev/disk/by-uuid I think has them by filesystem uuid. All of those should be pretty consistent.
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