[plug] Dealing with multiple removable devices

[Tsuki-yomi]

This looks like exactly what I was looking for!

Thank you!

I sort-of wonder why this hasn't been dealt with before, given that Linux 
is trying to get more of the desktop market and the proliferation of 
portable devices.

On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, Bernd Felsche wrote:

> Yep, use "permanent" names based on SCSI-ID or the device
> characteristics using SCSI aliasing to define names in /dev/scsi.
> 
> I've got a package called "scsi" under SuSE that includes the
> scsidev command which parses a definable table of aliases and the
> devices to establish.
> 
> Have a look at
> 	http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/scsidev/
> an earlier version is at
> 	ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/BETA/scsi/
> 
> My config file contains
> 
> id=00 manufactuter=RICOH model=MP6200S rev=2.03 devtype=generic alias="cdwriter"
> id=02 manufacturer=ARCHIVE model="Python 27871-XXX" rev=1210 devtype=tape alias="dat"
> id=03 manufacturer="" model="Scanner 636A4" rev=1.50 devtype=generic alias="scanner"
> id=04 manufacturer=CANON model=IX-27025E rev=1.12 devtype=generic alias="filmscanner"
> manufacturer=SONY model="DVD-ROM DDU1621"  rev="S1.3" devtype=cdrom alias="sonydvd"
> manufacturer=PIONEER model="DVD-RW  DVR-105"  rev="1.00" devtype=cdrom alias="dvdwriter"
> 
> Redundant information is permitted!

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