USB Disc (not Flash Stick) either /dev/sda1 or /dev/sde1

[Mike McCarty]

Anyone who can tell me why my USB DISC sometimes has to be
mounted as /dev/sda1 and sometimes as /dev/sde1?

And why does it show up as "usb (2)" on my desktop? In
an xterm it is accessed as /mnt/usb.

Also, I note that when I mount the CDROM, and then mount
a floppy, the icon for the floppy is right on top of
the icon for the CDROM.

$ uname -a
Linux Presario-1 2.6.10-1.771_FC2 #1 Mon Mar 28 00:50:14
EST 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Mike

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