> -----Original Message-----
> From: Otto Moerbeek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, 12 October 2007 5:53 PM
> To: Raimo Niskanen
> Cc: Edwards, David (JTS); misc@openbsd.org
> Subject: Re: : Which remvable drive is connected to which USB port
>
>
> On Fri, 12 Oct 2007, Raimo Niskanen wrote:
>
[snip]
> >
> > Missing is still some way to find out what the kernel device
> > tree looks like - the kernel must know that sd0 is attached
> > to scsibus1 targ 1 lun 0 which is attached to umass0 which
> > is attached to uhub1 port 1. The question is if there is
> > a way of finding that without parsing dmesg.
I agree that's my problem in a nutshell.
> I can see an easy way to identify disks, without any dependency on the
> physical stuff like cables etc.
>
> Use the disklabel: it has a disk name field that can be edited.
Thanks for the idea but unfortunately it doesn't help.
Take three USB disks, plug them in and then tell me
how to put the right label on the right physical disk?
It would work of course if our "restore" procedure went:
for each backup disk available
Plug in the disk and check the lable to see if it's the right one
if it is the right one
Restore from the disk
end
fi
end
I suspect this would get a bit tedious..
ciao
dave
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Dave Edwards
