[gentoo-ppc-user] Can I force USB drives' device name?

[gentoo-ppc-user] Can I force USB drives' device name?

[Carl Hudkins]

Hi, list!

 I've got two USB storage devices here, a Jump Drive and a floppy/superdisk 
drive.  When plugged in by itself, the floppy drive becomes /dev/sda; the 
Jump Drive becomes /dev/sda1.  When they are both plugged in together, 
whichever one was plugged in first gets /dev/sda(1), and the other 
becomes /dev/sdb(1).  This behavior is expected and understood.

 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.

 Does anyone know how to do this?

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Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Can I force USB drives' device name?

[Neil Bothwick]

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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


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Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Can I force USB drives' device name?

[Carl Hudkins]

On Wed May 4 2005 02:22, Neil Bothwick wrote:

> 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

 [skims intro]

 That looks like exactly what I was hoping for.  Thanks!

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