On Thu, 2002-12-26 at 10:52, Hal Vaughan wrote: > I've noticed the same problem on a Mandrake system I have. I had times when I > had a SanDisk Cruzer (ramdrive) and a USB floppy plugged into the USB ports > and there was no way (without doing an "ls") to distinguish which was which. > The first one plugged in was always /dev/sda, the 2nd /dev/sdb. > > Isn't there some way to lock a device ID with a particluar device?
Hi, I'm 99 44/100th sure that this is just the nature of the SCSI drivers. However... with devfs, you may be able to work around that issue. Of course, moving to devfs is a *big* change, and worthy of much study, 1st. > On Thursday 26 December 2002 11:40 am, Robert L. Harris wrote: > > Scenario: > > > > 1 computer with USB Hub > > > > 2 USB 32Meg key fobs > > 1 USB MP3 player with 10Gig drive > > > > > > All 3 devices link in as /dev/sd? > > > > Is there a good way to assign ID's to these devices? As it stands right > > now whatever device I plug in first is /dev/sda, second is b, etc. Is > > there a way to make it so the MP3 player is always sda, one fob is > > always sdb and one is always c? It would make managing multiple devices > > at once alot easier, especially when sync'ing the fobs. -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://members.cox.net/ron.l.johnson | | | | "My advice to you is to get married: If you find a good wife, | | you will be happy; if not, you will become a philosopher." | | Socrates | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
