I have an old Thinkpad with a single USB1.1 port. A hub is plugged into that, and in the hub is a SanDisk Flash. I also have a USB 2.0 PCMCIA card with two ports (only one of which seems to work by the way, don't know why). I have a PQI Istick flash in that.
When I booted up, the SanDisk was designated sda, the PQI as sdb. MUT, Pmount and Universal Installer agreed.
Then, I pulled the SanDisk out.
MUT showed it (sda) gone, no problem. sdb remained.
Pmount for some reason thought both flash drives were gone.
I then plugged the SanDisk into the same port I pulled it from.
MUT, ever reliable, reported it back again, as sda.
Pmount now showed the SanDisk as sdb, the PQI as sda! Universal Installer did likewise.
Other times moving flash drives around, it seems the system just can't keep up with it. But the above test was a very simple, slow test. It should have managed with that!
Oh, and one other nit to pick with Pmount: if you move the window somewhere, then press the refresh button, it goes back to where it was first!
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BTW probedisk also thinks the disk names got swapped around:
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sh-3.00# probedisk
/dev/hdc|cdrom|MATSHITADVD-ROM SR-8175
/dev/hda|disk|IC25N020ATDA04-0
/dev/sda|Direct-Access|I-Stick2 IntelligentStick
/dev/sdb|Direct-Access|SanDisk Cruzer Micro