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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 09:29:29 +0200
From: DervishD <lkml@dervishd.net>
To: Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: Problem with usb-storage and /dev/sd?
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    Hi Pete :)

 * Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@redhat.com> dixit:
> On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 21:22:43 +0200, DervishD <lkml@dervishd.net> wrote:
> >     I'm not using hotplug currently so... how can I make the USB
> > subsystem to assign always the same /dev/sd? entry to my USB Mass
> > storage devices? [...]
> You cannot. Just mount by label or something...

    Mounting by label won't work, the problem is the /dev entry,
which changes every time.

> Better yet, install something like Fedora Core 4, which uses HAL,
> and forget about it. The fstab-sync takes care of the rest.

    Oh no, thanks, I've already used Fedora and it only reinforced my
feeling about distros: I prefer my do-it-yourself box ;)

    Thanks :)))

    Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado

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