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From: "Brett I. Holcomb" <brettholcomb@×××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Teaching Linux to remember USB
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 20:54:00
Message-Id: 200602261539.01836.brettholcomb@bellsouth.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Teaching Linux to remember USB by daniel
1 Check out udev and set them up in the /etc/udev local file. The Gentoo site
2 has docs on udev with links to some good references.
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4 On Sunday February 26 2006 15:12, daniel wrote:
5 > I have a number of USB devices. Card Reader, Flash drive, iPod, Camera
6 > etc. But every time I plug in my CF reader My machine assigns a different
7 > id to it. Sometimes it's /dev/sdb sometimes its /dev/sdg etc. It seems to
8 > be based on the order in which I plug the devices in, or maybe the port
9 > used, or both, I'm not sure.
10 >
11 > What I'd like to know is how to plug it in and have it always get the same
12 > id. Is this even possible? I just want my normal user to always be able to
13 > mount my flash drive without having to su to root to edit fstab first.
14 > Auto mounting would be cool as well but isn't necessary. I'm just trying
15 > to avoid hassle.
16 >
17 > Ideas? Suggestions?
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