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- <li><em>date</em>: Mon Jan 31 16:01:49 2005</li>
- <li><em>from</em>: mhirsch at nubridges.com (Michael Hirsch)</li>
- <li><em>subject</em>: [ale] persistent mount points on removable devices</li>
Michael
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:ale-bounces";>mailto:ale-bounces</a> at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Jay
> Loden
> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 2:51 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] persistent mount points on removable devices
>
> Do you know what the status us with udev? I was having sound problems
> previously that were apaparently related to udev not being properly
> supported
> under the 2.6.7 kernel I was running.
>
> I don't know that I want to install udev, I'm kind of concerned it
will
> hose
> something else, and I'll have to go around cleaning up broken parts of
my
> system afterward.
>
> -Jay
>
> On Monday 31 January 2005 12:12 pm, Michael Hirsch wrote:
> > Udev is the way to go--it is not gentoo specific. Mandrake has a
"udev"
> > package, and I thing SuSE does too., so that is the name to search
for.
> >
> > A few months back Linux Journal had an article about it. If anyone
> > would like to give and ALE Central talk on udev, I'd look favorably
on
> > them.
> >
> > Michael
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ale-bounces at ale.org [<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:ale-bounces";>mailto:ale-bounces</a> at ale.org] On Behalf
Of
> >
> > David
> >
> > > Corbin
> > > Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 8:18 AM
> > > To: ale at ale.org; jloden at toughguy.net
> > > Subject: Re: [ale] persistent mount points on removable devices
> > >
> > > On Gentoo, there is a "udev" package that is a replacement for
devfs.
> >
> > It
> >
> > > allows you configure specific devices to fixed filenames. I don't
> >
> > know if
> >
> > > this is gentoo specific, part of the linux kernel, or an
independent
> > > project.
> > >
> > > On Sunday 30 January 2005 02:06 am, Jay Loden wrote:
> > > > I have an iPod and an external CD drive and an external hard
drive,
> >
> > all
> >
> > > of
> > >
> > > > which I will be connecting to my laptop via firewire during my
> >
> > semester
> >
> > > > abroad (starting Tuesday). I would like to know if there is a
way
> >
> > for
> >
> > > me
> > >
> > > > to plug in my iPod, for example, and have it mount /mnt/iPod, or
> >
> > plug in
> >
> > > my
> > >
> > > > external drive and have it mount '/mnt/maxtor' or what have you.
> > > >
> > > > This way I can use things like gtkpod, etc to mount the drive
and I
> >
> > will
> >
> > > be
> > >
> > > > able to control where it mounts without having to manually
specify.
> > >
> > > (This
> > >
> > > > is on Debian 2.6.8)
> > > >
> > > > I don't need it to automount the drives, but I'd like to be able
to,
> >
> > for
> >
> > > > example, let gtkpod mount my iPod for me, which requires it to
stay
> > > > consistent. I've noticed that if I remove a device and reconnect
it,
> >
> > it
> >
> > > > often comes up as a different block device...how can I get
around
> >
> > this?
> >
> > > > Can I set labels and set fstab to mount by label?
> > > >
> > > > -Jay
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