Alias for pen drives

[Paul Smith]

On 10/1/07, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> > The alias '/dev/dvd' is for dvd. What is the alias for pen drives?
>
> They'll be another pseudo-SCSI drive (/dev/sd something).  Whether it's
> sda, sdb, etc., will depend on what other drives are on your system, and
> how the interfaces are managed.
>
> This system has two internal hard drive, they're /dev/sda and /dev/sdb.
> I'd expect that plugging in a USB flash drive would be /dev/sdc, but
> sometimes it's a higher letter.  I haven't worked that one out yet.
>
> Another of my systems has one internal hard drive, and one of those
> multi-card readers (SD, Compact, etc.).  If I add a USB flash drive, it
> gets a much higher letter than I expect.  I imaging that's due to the
> multi-card reader grabbing some devices, even if there's no memory cards
> plugged into it.
>
> This unpredicability is why labels are so useful.  You can label a drive
> with a name, and always find it by that name (later on), no matter where
> it's plugged in.
>
> If you don't want to use labels, your other option is making UDEV/HAL
> rules.  You'd pick something identifying about your device (e.g. that
> flash drive, or all flash drives), and assign them a device name of your
> own choosing.  I used to do that with my Polaroid camera.  If I plugged
> it in it be /media/usbdisk, and I couldn't tell it apart from flash
> drive plugged in at the same time (there'd be two /media/usbdisks, and
> I'd have to remember which was plugged in first).

Thanks to all.

Then, how can I set up a label for my pen drive?

Paul