From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pete Shinners Subject: Re: USB Mass Storage Devices Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 09:22:35 -0700 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: References: <1067097757.10057.15.camel@Abydos> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1067097757.10057.15.camel@Abydos> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Thorsten Alge 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? i have this same problem and i cannot get it resolved. i believe with "devfs" you can get consistent device names?? not sure, but debian does not have devfs, so i need a different solution. i was hoping there was some "hotplug" script that would link the plugged in device to whatever system device it was assigned to, but i have found nothing. help please? - 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