Gene Smith wrote: > I have a permanently connected usb hard drive for backups and it is > typically at /dev/sdb1. However, if I have other usb devices, such as a > SD card reader connected at boot, the backup drive moves to /dev/sdb2. I > do the backup by having cron run a script which mounts /dev/sdb1 and it > fails when the backup devices is at /dev/sdb2 (or it might mount the > card reader instead). > > Is there a way to ensure that the backup usb drive is *always* /dev/sdb1 > even when other usb devices are attached during boot? > > Thanks, > -gene > It would probably be easer to use udev to create a persistent symlink for the drive. Then use the symlink when you want to access the drive. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
