Kenneth Porter wrote: > --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 This article is a little out of date, but might be useful: 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/ What if you have more than one identical device and might want to plug more than one in at once? -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com