Carl Lowenstein wrote: > I have two SATA hard drives, they are assigned names /dev/sda and /dev/sdb. > When USB removable devices are mounted, the system assigns them a > name, such as /dev/sdc, /dev/sdd, and so on. These names seem not to > be recycled, even after a system reboot. So my system is currently up > to /dev/sdg and /dev/sdh. > > Is there an easy way to reset this name assignment? Some Google > browsing suggests unload and reload the usb-storage module. This > seems rather violent.
You didn't say what distribution you are using. I don't have this problem with Fedora 8 or Ubuntu 8.04. Since the behavior is exhibited after a reboot, which I'm assuming means it picks up where it left off in the naming scheme, the problem is with the udev rules persistence mechanism. Check in /etc/udev/rules.d/ or wherever your system keeps its udev rules. Usually there is some rule with the word "persistent" in its name that will lead you to the cause. Gus -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
