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#1 2006-07-07 08:48:13
- mdv
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[solved] usbstick problem - how to make it /dev/sda
Hi guys,
I have a following issue: sometimes it happens that my younger sister pulls out my usbstick, this causes that it becomes /dev/sdb instead of /dev/sda. The only solution I know to return usbstick to /dev/sda it to restart the computer. Do you know any other solution?
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#2 2006-07-07 09:51:07
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Re: [solved] usbstick problem - how to make it /dev/sda
why must it be sda?
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#3 2006-07-07 12:09:27
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Re: [solved] usbstick problem - how to make it /dev/sda
There's this udev trick:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ude … SB_devices
it looks like it will automaticly mount the device to /mnt/usbX . If that won't work you can always modify it to create a symlink from /mnt/usbX to /mnt/usb, or just mount any /dev/sdX to /mnt/usb .
Happy Hacking
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#4 2006-07-07 15:18:21
- mdv
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Re: [solved] usbstick problem - how to make it /dev/sda
Thanks man, it solved my problem. Great trick.
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#5 2006-07-07 17:55:57
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Re: [solved] usbstick problem - how to make it /dev/sda
Hey, Hey, you're welcome. Thank you for inspiring me to play with udev.
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#6 2006-07-11 16:08:38
- mdv
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Re: [solved] usbstick problem - how to make it /dev/sda
I was wondering if it wouldn't be better to use pmount in instead of mount. It would allow unmounting by user.
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#7 2006-07-11 16:42:46
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Re: [solved] usbstick problem - how to make it /dev/sda
Udev will unmount the drive when you remove it.
ACTION=="remove", KERNEL=="sd[a-z][0-9]", RUN+="/bin/umount -l /mnt/usb%n"Offline
#8 2006-07-11 16:48:41
- mdv
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Re: [solved] usbstick problem - how to make it /dev/sda
My question was connected to the fact that when I have an USB Drive (with buffer) some data might be still in buffer during removal. So it may cause data loss. To prevent that I'd prefer to umount drive before removal.
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#9 2006-07-11 17:09:26
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Re: [solved] usbstick problem - how to make it /dev/sda
The sync and dirsync mount options would keep the drive unbuffered. If you remove those options you could always run the sync command as a normal user, then pull the device out. That or could run umount using sudo?
P.S. I don't know anything about pmount.
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#10 2006-07-11 17:13:55
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Re: [solved] usbstick problem - how to make it /dev/sda
Ok. Thanks. I did not know about sync.
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