Force usb drive to /dev/sdb1 ?

[Mark Knoop]

On 19/01/07, Rick Sewill <rsewill at cableone.net> wrote:
> I could not find a way.  My USB disk was either /dev/sdb or /dev/sdf.
>
> Instead I labeled the USB disk, ST330083_1A_305,
> and then I put the following entry in my /etc/fstab:
> /dev/disk/by-label/ST330083_1A_305 /media/usbdisk ext2  user,noauto
>
> I turn it on and can mount it when I need it.

(Please don't top-post...)

> On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 23:44 -0500, Gene Smith wrote:
> > I have a permanently connected usb hard drive for backups and it is
> > typically at /dev/sdb1. However, if I have other usb devices, such as a
> > SD card reader connected at boot, the backup drive moves to /dev/sdb2. I
> > do the backup by having cron run a script which mounts /dev/sdb1 and it
> > fails when the backup devices is at /dev/sdb2 (or it might mount the
> > card reader instead).
> >
> > Is there a way to ensure that the backup usb drive is *always* /dev/sdb1
> > even when other usb devices are attached during boot?

You could also look at /dev/disk/by-{id,path,uuid} if you don't want
to label the disk.

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Mark Knoop