On Tue, 26 Mar 2024, Ben Koenig wrote:
We also have a standard udev.d setup in lib/udev/rules.d/ and /etc/udev/rules.d/. The only difference is that we use eudev rather than the systemd nonsense.
Ben, Thank you. I thought I had looked in /lib, but obviously I didn't. Mea culpa!
Rich, the files in /dev/disk/by-path are all symlinks, use ls -l to view them. They should link to the normal drive names, however by-path names don't change per device, they change per port. So all USB drives plugged into a given port will use the same name in by-path, even if the drive letter changes.
Ah, so. I saw they were symlinks but didn't follow them to their hard links. This topic is not an issue on a desktop that's infrequently rebooted or laptop that has only one drive. I'm developing this desktop to boot into either Slackware64-14.2 or -15.0, I think that whether the USB port is /dev/sdg or /dev/sdh upon rebooting depends on whether it's raining. Your Slackware lessons are always valuable and appreciated. Best regards, Rich
