Geoffrey Leach wrote: > When I plug in an eSATA drive, it is assigned to sdb or sdd depending > on whether other devices are installed. The device is reported by the > kernel (/var/log/messages), but I'd like to be able to find this > information without processing the log. Any pointers? If this disk is yours (an not an occasional disk plugged in), why not forcing it to have a device name you have chosen once for all? You can do this by configuring udev. In this old message I explain how it can be done: http://osdir.com/ml/fedora-list/2009-12/msg01631.html Best regards. -- Roberto Ragusa mail at robertoragusa.it -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines