--On Saturday, October 27, 2007 2:16 PM -0400 "Michael D. Kralka" <michael.kralka at kvs.com> wrote: > You can always set up a udev rule that will give the drive a known alias > (e.g. "backup_drive") based on some fixed information that is stored in > sysfs (such as vendor or model). Your scripts can then use the alias > instead of the real drive name. > > This article is a little out of date, but might be useful: > > http://www.redhat.com/magazine/002dec04/features/udev/ Here's a howto for using labeled USB drives as "tape drives" with the Bacula backup system: <http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=47704&group_id=50727>