Aparently I was anticipating a problem that I won't run into. I'm still interested in an answer if there is one, just so I can put my mind at ease when I eventually *do* run into it.
- Theo Chris Spackman wrote: >Theo Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>I've got a new digital camera which shows up as a standard USB Storage >>Device, and works wonderfully, showing up on /dev/sda1. However, I've >>been thinking of picking up a USB Zip drive, and I've realized >>something. I think both of these devices are standard USB Storage >>Devices. >> >>How can I be sure that they always get mapped to the same SCSI device? >>Basically, I always want the digital camera to show up as /dev/sda1, >>and the Zip drive to show up as some other device, but always the same >>one? I don't want to have to worry about making sure both are >>connected when I boot up to be sure that they don't swap positions or >>some such. >> > >I have the same situation. I don't know if you need to or not, but I >turned off supermount (hate it, never use it), and my camera is sda1 >and the zip is sda4. automagically, no problems at all. (Well, one >small thing: i have to turn the camera on and then plug it in to the >computer, or sda1 `is not a valid block device'. This is a new thing >in 8.2.) > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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