Re: How does USB work in RHEL?

[Jeffrey Lane <bladernr samuraipoet com>]

Matt_Domsch Dell com wrote:
> > What handles the transaction?  What decides that this key gets
> > /dev/sda1, and that key gets /dev/sdb1?? 
>
>
> This is a function of devlabel.  It runs when a device is hotplugged,
> consults a table in /etc/sysconfig/devlabel for where the device should be
> mounted.
>
> man devlabel


Ahhh... Thanks a lot... that certainly helps quite a bit.  Question is 
tho, is that a Red Hat specific function (the way the device info is 
permenantly stored on the machine) or a general Linux function?

Thanks
Jeff