From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 25 19:12:21 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48F6616A41F for ; Fri, 25 May 2007 19:12:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from redchin@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.168]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6C8013C483 for ; Fri, 25 May 2007 19:12:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from redchin@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id u2so385600uge for ; Fri, 25 May 2007 12:12:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=BADUPFbFKP3pjqrMiy5gkHJhL/MANyBKXyDpf7/DtYTfXDr97jNeUKq8ofJA1F8kDAZ2PnuPP/b2+GOp7SoJgOBYR07oX7V1fcK9Fendxz3gES7b2VNVGj60PUt9Eyk42bIfBn6k5iReDCbr4Onqvn9P6mk3ebMII+5lY1XBhOA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=IoY1bhHynB9JAVJv+sUJRDf9BcUruRJOuMwLYK2sj6dBkwHoPihTjswVwn3rtmsnCVrWfzzryRhctwmhJHtzdfrZbWK/IhdLN1Gu6bxQNfuZNCoZQlQfGhcCAgT3iu+umHiEKTRn+ZaxgzV+RvNntGbFXqQWgWUb/FyYFqS8qmQ= Received: by 10.67.25.9 with SMTP id c9mr3140412ugj.1180120339451; Fri, 25 May 2007 12:12:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.67.101.15 with HTTP; Fri, 25 May 2007 12:12:19 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1d3ed48c0705251212v7ce8e159pe60f2ceee399959@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 12:12:19 -0700 From: "Kevin Downey" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <1180105772.9183.6.camel@creto.quietwind.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <1180105772.9183.6.camel@creto.quietwind.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.or Subject: Re: Managing USB device names X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 19:12:21 -0000 On 5/25/07, Chris Kottaridis wrote: > I am using USB to connect an external disk drive. It seems to get > assigned a different device name when it connects in. The names seem to > cycle through /dev/da* where * is changing on each disconnect and > reconnect. > > With this going on I can't add a /etc/fstab entry. > > Is there a tool/package that can manage things so that when I plug in > the device it will get mounted to a specific directory without manual > intervention ? > > Thanks > Chris Kottaridis (chriskot@quietwind.net) man glabel -- "The biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has occurred." G. B. Shaw www.thelastcitadel.com