On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 5:55 AM, Olivier Cherrier <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 02:22:18PM +0200, [email protected] wrote: >> the problem is, that if something is mounted at a wrong place (or i've >> got an additional usb-device attached) the whole numbering gets messed >> up and nothing is mounted correctly. >> this is why i am asking if it's not possible to force a devicename upon >> a device! > > To fix sd numbering on multiple SCSI busses, you have to build a custom > kernel like: > scsibus0 at isp? > scsibus1 at esp? > scsibus2 at siop? > sd0 at scsibus0 > sd1 at scsibus0 > sd2 at scsibus0 > sd3 at scsibus0 > sd4 at scsibus0 > sd10 at scsibus2 > sd11 at scsibus2 > sd12 at scsibus2 > sd13 at scsibus2 > sd14 at scsibus2 > sd15 at scsibus2 > sd16 at scsibus2 > sd17 at scsibus2 > ... > > But, for sd on USB, it becomes more difficult to predict where do you > plan to plug your USB keys. > An alternative could be to use hotplugd(8) and to mount your "just > identified sd using its label" on top of the wanted mount point. You > just need to set a unique label per disk and rely on it. > > > -- > Olivier Cherrier > mailto:[email protected] > >
You can do all of this in config(8) without haing to recompile at all. -- Aaron Mason - Programmer, open source addict - Oh, why does everything I whip leave me?
