Im currently running Kernel 2.4.19 in RH7.3.
When I mount a USB-memory device an entry appears in the /proc/scsi
area that does not go away when I remove the USB device.
When I mount a DIFFERENT USB-memory device, a second entry appears.
So, I cant just put in a line in /etc/fstab like
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb-memory
Since the device I am trying to use MAY have been the 2nd to have been
initially used and now appear on /dev/sdb1.
And it gets more complicated.
If I have done a
cdrecord -scanbus
before mounting any USB-memory device,
my machine will 'see' my (real) SCSI CD-Writer at /dev/sda5, and
push the two USB devices down to sdb1 and sdc1 IN ITS LISTING.
when they get mounted.
[ If I use the USB-memory BEFORE doing the cdrecord -scanbus the
CD-Record device does not appear, and appears to be lost forever,X
or at least till the next reboot...]
However, trying to MOUNT them as sdb1 or sdc1 fails, they in fact are
still at sda1 and sdb1 (sigh). So the info in /proc/scsi is WRONG.
SO, How's a person to discover where the USB-memory device REALLY is?
About the only thing that comes to mind (since /proc/scsi is not reliable)
would be a for loop over all possible devices, and I consider that just
plain UGLY...
Reg.Clemens
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