Re: [opensuse] Tape Loader Device /dev/sgN is altering after each reboot

In <4ABB591F.8050000@astrium.eads.net>, Rainer Blaes wrote:

But after a server's reboot the device name of the loader is now /dev/sg4 or /dev/sg5 I mean it is dynamic. Is there any way to have a fixed device name for all times?

Yes. Use a udev rule to make a well-named symlink (e.g. /dev/loader) to the dynamic device. Google writing udev rules for dozens of tutorials. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. bss@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/