From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pythagoras.zen.co.uk (pythagoras.zen.co.uk [212.23.3.140]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j446MuVo022120 for ; Wed, 4 May 2005 06:22:56 GMT Received: from [82.69.83.178] (helo=desatio.digimed.co.uk) by pythagoras.zen.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1DTDHf-0002i0-Ow for gentoo-ppc-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 04 May 2005 06:22:59 +0000 Received: from hactar.digimed.co.uk (hactar.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.2]) by desatio.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFEB4141F85F for ; Wed, 4 May 2005 07:22:54 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 07:22:54 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-ppc-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Can I force USB drives' device name? Message-ID: <20050504072254.1a980b0a@hactar.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200505031934.33434.carl@hudkins.org> References: <200505031934.33434.carl@hudkins.org> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.9.6 (GTK+ 2.6.7; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-ppc-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-ppc-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Signature_Wed__4_May_2005_07_22_54_+0100_0/MSDl5xgHM.qoXb"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 X-Originating-Pythagoras-IP: [82.69.83.178] X-Archives-Salt: 35e13dde-d3f0-4c54-b73e-f2f87e5d1548 X-Archives-Hash: 622e94f58aa14ec2b11cfd97c79353ef --Signature_Wed__4_May_2005_07_22_54_+0100_0/MSDl5xgHM.qoXb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 3 May 2005 19:34:32 -0400, Carl Hudkins wrote: > What I'd like to know is whether or not it's possible to make the > floppy drive, for example, *always* /dev/sdb, even if it's plugged in > by itself. This would simplify life by allowing me to have /etc/fstab > always know where the floppy drive is, make desktop icons, etc. With suitable udev rules, you can name them anything you like, say /dev/ floppy and /dev/jumpdisk. See http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml and http://www.reactivated.net/udevrules.php --=20 Neil Bothwick "Email is not to be used to pass on information or data. It should be used only for company business." --Signature_Wed__4_May_2005_07_22_54_+0100_0/MSDl5xgHM.qoXb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCeGo+um4al0N1GQMRAsDHAKDNX430OfUJrCDvcoteOewNbIWFzACfXu2T 16LvFvO7mvMq2WQzozOeMVY= =8QMb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature_Wed__4_May_2005_07_22_54_+0100_0/MSDl5xgHM.qoXb-- -- gentoo-ppc-user@gentoo.org mailing list