Re: Hot-plugging USB storage devices.

From: Russell Shaw (rjshaw_at_iprimus.com.au)
Date: 08/31/03

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    Iain Georgeson wrote:
    > Roberto Sanchez <rcsanchez97@yahoo.es> writes:
    >
    >> --- Iain Georgeson <iain@kremlinux.demon.co.uk> escribió:
    >>
    >>>I would prefer it
    >>>each device was always mounted in the same place - /camera for the
    >>>camera and /keychain for the keychain, for example. Is there any way
    >>>of doing this with usbmgr or something else like hotplug?
    >>
    >>I don't get it. Why not just do something like:
    >>
    >># ln -s /camera /keychain
    >>
    >>[...] The only downside is that you would not be able to mount both
    >>devices at the same time.
    >
    > That's a problem. I want to be able to plug the devices in in
    > whichever order and be able to
    >
    > cp -a /camera/dcim /keychain
    >
    > for example
    >
    > I could have a /storage0 and a /storage1 and remember which order they
    > got assigned, but it just isn't as nice.

    scsitools solves the ordering problem by giving scsi devices a
    unique name based on its hardware.

    dpkg -p scsitools
    apt-get install -t testing scsitools 

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