Which device assigned to removable media

[Roberto Ragusa]

Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> When I plug in an eSATA drive, it is assigned to sdb or sdd depending 
> on whether other devices are installed. The device is reported by the 
> kernel (/var/log/messages), but I'd like to be able to find this 
> information without processing the log. Any pointers?

If this disk is yours (an not an occasional disk plugged in), why not
forcing it to have a device name you have chosen once for all?

You can do this by configuring udev.

In this old message I explain how it can be done:

http://osdir.com/ml/fedora-list/2009-12/msg01631.html

Best regards.
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   Roberto Ragusa    mail at robertoragusa.it