On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 03:05:16PM -0500, Steve Litt wrote:
> /mnt/sdd1 and /mnt/sdd2 would be incredibly easy to implement: I could
> have it done within an hour.
>
> The only thing stopping me is that /mnt/sdd1 and /mnt/sdd2 say nothing
> about which physical thumb drive it refers to. And at different times
> under different conditions, the same physical thumb drive could
> be /mnt/sdd once, and /mnt/sde another time.

"dmesg |tail"?

> Naming after the id could
> conceivably lessen such confusion.
>
> On the other
> hand, /mnt/usb-LEXAR_JD_Secure_II_+_106A1D05221649250807-0:0-part1
> and /mnt/usb-LEXAR_JD_Secure_II_+_106A1D05221649250807-0:0-part1 would
> be a lot more to type in, and if there were two similar Lexar thumb
> drives plugged in at the same time, it would be more confusing than

Personally, I'm already not inclined to type /media/sdd1 when
referring to the drive in a command. I'd be inclined to type
/mnt/usb-LEXAR_JD_Secure_II_+_106A1D05221649250807-0:0-part1 even
less. If that was mounted under /media ...

Greg


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