Re: [PLUG] Hard drive boot assignment

2020-09-11 Thread Johnathan Mantey
My first reaction would be to use udev rules. I've done this to assign USB UART devices specific /dev/xxx names. This would allow you to create a link from /dev/ttyUSB0 -> /dev/myCoolUSBItem I suggest searching for udevadm and udev rules to translate /dev/sdb(x) to /dev/myBackupDrive. On

Re: [PLUG] Hard drive boot assignment

2020-09-11 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 11 Sep 2020 16:14:27 -0700 Keith Lofstrom dijo: >I fear that my naive trust-to-luck works-like-the-past >assumptions are too naive. > >I hope that someone on the list can suggest an approach that >Just Works With Slightly More Preparation and Knowledge. Several years ago I discovered

[PLUG] Hard drive boot assignment

2020-09-11 Thread Keith Lofstrom
Question about tools and concepts for hard drive to device name assignment. I'd like to force second SATA drives to be assigned to /dev/sdbX, and USB drives to be assigned to /dev/sdcX, /dev/sddX (etc) without worrying about the accidental boot order or the 128 bit UUIDs of particular drives.