Re: udev: same serial on different disks

Hello, >> But I don't know how will it works, 'cause now all disks have one >> partition, but partitions are encrypted - can I create a label on >> existing crypted partition? > > I've never tested before, but I'd say yes. > >> And can system (or udev) identify that label? > > I see not good reaso

Re: udev: same serial on different disks

hello, > Yes. This can be achieved with "$env{ID_FS_LABEL}" variable used by > "udev" (I've had to search for this :-P): > > http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Udev > > That way you can forget about the serial number of the disks being > detected the same as the devices/partitions will be identif

Re: udev: same serial on different disks

Hello, >> hmm... how can I "catch" which is the label of the attached disk? > > > "ls -l /dev/disk/by-label" will tell you if there is any current label on > the filesystems. Look: > > s...@stt008:~$ ls -l /dev/disk/by-label > total 0 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 mar 17 07:50 ALFA -> ../../sda2 > l

Re: udev: same serial on different disks

Hello, > "Etch" is not longer supported. Maybe upgrading to the latest stable > should be desiderable :-? I know, but this is what we have, currently it's not option. >> System has two USB SATA-II disks for backup. Since a few weeks the >> system can't make different between disks, all disks has

udev: same serial on different disks

Hello, there is a Debian Etch with kernel 2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686, and udev 0.105. System has two USB SATA-II disks for backup. Since a few weeks the system can't make different between disks, all disks has same serial. # udevinfo -a -p /sys/block/sdb | grep serial ATTRS{serial}=="31AF4D71B00