Re: naming usb devices?
On Fri, 2004-04-16 at 20:24, Matt Price wrote: hey folks, feel like I saw this somewhere a while ago, but a quick search didn't turn up what I wanted. Is there a way to assign a permanent name to a usb device like a pen drive,' so that (say) if I plug in two different pen drives at the same time, each one gets assigned to an appropriate name, say /mnt/schoolfiles/ and /mnt/fun/? This would be convenient (tho not essential) for me. m If you're running a 2.6 series kernel and you're ready for some cool new stuff, you can always try udev. The question you just asked is why I initially tried udev, and now I don't know how I ever lived without it. :) -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
naming usb devices?
hey folks, feel like I saw this somewhere a while ago, but a quick search didn't turn up what I wanted. Is there a way to assign a permanent name to a usb device like a pen drive,' so that (say) if I plug in two different pen drives at the same time, each one gets assigned to an appropriate name, say /mnt/schoolfiles/ and /mnt/fun/? This would be convenient (tho not essential) for me. m -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: naming usb devices?
On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 09:24:06PM -0400, Matt Price wrote: feel like I saw this somewhere a while ago, but a quick search didn't turn up what I wanted. Is there a way to assign a permanent name to a usb device like a pen drive,' so that (say) if I plug in two different pen drives at the same time, each one gets assigned to an appropriate name, say /mnt/schoolfiles/ and /mnt/fun/? This would be convenient (tho not essential) for me. Sounds like you want the LABEL= or UUID= syntax in /etc/fstab. See fstab(5) for details. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: naming usb devices?
thanks colin, that seems to be it! will play with it a bit. thanks for the quick reply. m On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 02:30:56AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 09:24:06PM -0400, Matt Price wrote: feel like I saw this somewhere a while ago, but a quick search didn't turn up what I wanted. Is there a way to assign a permanent name to a usb device like a pen drive,' so that (say) if I plug in two different pen drives at the same time, each one gets assigned to an appropriate name, say /mnt/schoolfiles/ and /mnt/fun/? This would be convenient (tho not essential) for me. Sounds like you want the LABEL= or UUID= syntax in /etc/fstab. See fstab(5) for details. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
