Use udev for that...
a part of my /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules:
BUS=="scsi", SYSFS{model}=="iPod ", KERNEL=="sd*", NAME="ipod%n"
the iPod will then always be /dev/ipod<partition_number>.
Patrick.
Justin Denick (Friday, 27. April 2007):
> man fstab
> Instead of giving the device explicitly, one may indicate the (ext2
> or
> xfs) filesystem that is to be mounted by its UUID or volume label
> (cf.
> e2label(8) or xfs_admin(8)), writing LABEL=<label> or
> UUID=<uuid>,
> e.g., `LABEL=Boot' or
> `UUID=3e6be9de-8139-11d1-9106-a43f08d823a6'.
> This will make the system more robust: adding or removing a SCSI
> disk
> changes the disk device name but not the filesystem volume label.
>
> Problem is IDK if the IPOD is going to have an UUID, though it might have a
> label though
>
> On 4/26/07, David Corbin <kde.org@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I have gentoo + KDE. When I plugin in my iPod I get a "Permission
> > denied" message pop up on my screen. Konqueror opens up with
> > system:/media/sda2 in
> > the Location bar, but cannot access it. I do have hal, dbus and
> > mediamanager
> > running.
> >
> > If I add an fstab entry for /dev/sda2 with suitable (user) options this
> > problem goes away, but I would like to refer to a more ipod-specific
> > device:
> > /dev/disk/by-label/IPOD
> >
> > How do I do this?
> >
> > Thanks
> > David
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