On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 19:19:32 +0100, A. S. Budden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks again for the link, I've now got it working. Required a bit of
> a fudge and I'm sure there's a more elegant solution, but here's what
> I did in case it's of any use to anyone else.
>
> I previously had a rule in /etc/udev/rules.d/al.rules that looked like
> this:
>
> KERNEL=="sd*", BUS="scsi", SYSFS{vendor}="Generic ",
> SYSFS{model}="STORAGE DEVICE ", ID="*:0:0:0", NAME="%k",
> SYMLINK+="cf"
>
> This was working fine as long as the card was in when udev ran. I
> changed the NAME bit to NAME{all_partitions}. This made all of the
> partitions be created automagically as sdb1 sdb2 sdb3 etc. However,
> the symlink 'cf' was pointing to sdb rather than sdb1. Therefore, I
> also added "RUN=update_cf_link" onto the end of the line, where
> update_cf_link was a bit of a fudge: a simple three line script that
> identified whether it was sdb, sdc or whatever by looking at what
> /dev/cf pointed to and then recreated /dev/cf pointing to /dev/sdb1.
>
> It ain't pretty, but it works.
>
> Thanks again for the help,
/me glad i shorted you're time seeking for a workin' solution !
Lanrat's Udev comprehension amazes me. His contribution & willingness to
help us on the BBS are very appreciated here :D
Also, I may take a look at your exemple whenever i see such a case with
USB cards reader ;)
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Salutations,
kozaki.dev
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comment elle fait ?
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