[TriLUG] USB Drives

[Joseph Tate]

Chris Knowles wrote:
> OK, I've been using a USB flash drive for some time.  Love that little
> bugger.  Have autofs setup to mount/unmount it on command, etc.
> 
> However, I've also come into possession of a USB external HD.  
> 
> Which I've setup similarly.
> 
> Now, everything is both hunky and dory if I plug in the flash first, and
> HD second.  But if I only want the HD, or plug the HD in first, all hell
> starts breaking loose.
> 
> Is there a way to mark or name the drives so that when the HD gets
> plugged in it's always sdb and the flash is sda?
> 
> CJK
> 

Move to a 2.6 kernel and you'll get udev support.  It'll keep track of 
different devices like this.