On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Sannu K <sannumail4foss@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Mulyadi Santosa > <mulyadi.santosa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi... >> >> On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Prasad Joshi <prasadjoshi124@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Hello All, >>> >>> I have a virtual machine to which I dynamically attach/detach disk >>> devices. On this VM the boot device is always '/dev/sda'. >>> >>> When a attach and detach different disk continuously to this virtual >>> machine, every-time, the same device file '/deb/sdb' is created. Is >>> there anyway I can tell udev subsystem to not to reuse the previously >>> used device names? >> >> IMHO that's understandable since the guest think the same disk is >> reinserted back. >> >> So, the key here is to use your virtual machine somehow to pass >> information to the guest that this is another disk. >> >> What virtual machine do you use anyway? >> >> -- >> regards, >> >> Mulyadi Santosa >> Freelance Linux trainer and consultant >> >> blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com >> training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Kernelnewbies mailing list >> Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies > > You can use udev rules to create device node. If a device has serial > number "VMDISK123" then it is possible to give the device name > /dev/VMDISK123. Similarly if you use device serial number it will be > possible to create unique devices. Note: I am not sure whether it is > possible inside a VM. > I will try this. Thanks a lot for your reply. Regards, Prasad > Regards, > Sannu K _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
