On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Olaf Hering wrote: > What is supposed to happen if you plugin another disk? > > attach drive 1 > mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt > unplug > attach drive 2 > What happens to (the new) sdb1 now? > I will try to get another storage device to see how that is handled.
usb-storage is supposed to recognize that the new disk is a different device and assign it a different scsi host number. It does this by comparing vendor/product ID's and serial numbers. So your old disk would still be sdb1 and would still be inaccessible, while the new disk would be sdc1. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
