On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 08:55:42PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 19:32 -0700, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 02:43:31PM -0500, Christian Convey wrote: > > > Hey guys, > > > > > > I'm considering installing the 'udev' package as part of my Sarge 2.6 > > > installation. My motivation is that I'm often baffled when trying to > > > figure out which USB device is associated with USB devices I plug in. > > > > > > Is there a general concensus about whether udev makes life better or > > > worse? > > > > Don't know about a "general concensus" but I'm quite happy with udev's > > operation and having consistent device names for my USB and Firewire > > devices. > > What kind of names? Can you give some examples? When I insert > a pen drive, for example, /var/log/syslog says that it is /dev/sdc1 > instead of something devfs-like /dev/usb/port01/drive01/part01. > > --
in udev.rules I have: BUS="usb" , KERNEL="sd?1",SYSFS_serial="07381C501259, NAME="usbkey" I then can: mount /dev/usbkey /mnt/usbkey or some other magic for automounting. -Kev -- counter.li.org #238656 -- goto counter.li.org and be counted! (__) (oo) /------\/ / | || * /\---/\ ~~ ~~ ...."Have you mooed today?"...
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