On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 13:25, Mike Mildner <mike.mildner@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > thats the device and i try some houres around this rule: > > SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", KERNEL=="sd??", ATTRS{serial}=="SAMSUNG HDS0MUJ1NQA49906 ", SYMLINK+="usbplatte%n" > > what is the trick? after every change on this rule i used 'udevcontrol reload_rules' but /dev dosen't show the device 'usbplatte'? --reload-rules does nothing on any usual system, it just reparses the rules, which is not needed, because udevd detects changes itself. You have to re-connect the device to get the rules applied. Also replace the KERNEL=="sd??", which will never match on the disk itself, only on partition 1-9 with "sd*", or just use SUBSYSTEM=="block". Kay -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hotplug" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html