Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:53:28 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Rakhesh Sasidharan <rakhesh@rakhesh.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Colin Brace <cb@lim.nl> Subject: Re: Fixing a USB disk to a specific device name Message-ID: <20080121165328.GA50246@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20080121085901.R1673@obelix.home.rakhesh.com> References: <20080120161831.L62033@obelix.home.rakhesh.com> <20080120142042.GA8576@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20080120211904.D91357@dogmatix.home.rakhesh.com> <aec9371b0801201113g5bf45035kaff76ba86b2162b@mail.gmail.com> <20080121085901.R1673@obelix.home.rakhesh.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 08:59:30AM +0400, Rakhesh Sasidharan wrote: > > Colin Brace wrote: > >> I use udev rules to do this. See: >> >> < >> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/make-removable-usb-hdd-mount-at-fixed-mount-point-511917/ >>> > > That doesn't work on FreeBSD, does it? Udev's a Linux thing last I heard of > ... You might be able to do that with devd(8). I don't know if you'll get attach events on disk devices, you'll have to try. Keep in mind that you cannot use devd to unmount! You'll have to unmount _before_ the device is detached/destroyed, or you might get a panic. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHlM4IEnfvsMMhpyURAvZJAKCasnZMq45lhYLfDlQFDCgmTmmesQCaAtLw 2XLsdqHvaSFhR8nT4DnOBsk= =B5lB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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