Re: USB Mass Storage Devices

James Miller
2003-10-25T09:29:30Z

On 25 Oct 2003 18:02:34 +0200
Thorsten Alge <mailing@thorsten-alge.de> wrote:
>
> 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?
>
Good luck. I don't mean to be callous, but my inquiries here of a similar sort have been met with stony silence. I think USB - at least of the "hot pluggable" variety - has some serious problems under mainstream Linux. I've thought of finding a USB-Linux list on which to pose such questions: you might want to try that if you get no helpful responses here.

James