From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thorsten Alge Subject: USB Mass Storage Devices Date: 25 Oct 2003 18:02:34 +0200 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <1067097757.10057.15.camel@Abydos> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Kernel mailing list - linux newbie Hi, I want to use my usb hd and my usb mp3-player an my linux computer. if i plug them on on after one, they will assigned as sda (i.e. my usb hd) and sdb (my mp3-player) . so i can add them to /etc/fstab. the problem is; if i plug on only one of them or in another order, the device files are changed to and the mount points are not correct. my first idea was to use volume labels. that works fine with my ext2 partition but i don't helps on my vfat partitions. the compactflash cards an two of my partitions on my usb-hd must be vfat partitions. any ideas how to fix? mfg thorsten - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs