Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Jan 1998 09:16:35 -0500 (EST) | From | "C. Scott Ananian" <> | Subject | Re: devfs |
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On Mon, 12 Jan 1998 jalvo@cloud9.net (John G. Alvord) wrote:
> >/dev/disk/sd.h0.c0/i3.d0.p1????
> The use of letters like h and d is rather English-centric for the exact > physical name. A pure dot/dash/underline separated physical name > would require less to explain for non-Englishspeakers.
And "/dev/disk" isn't english-centric? What does "/dev" mean for all those non-English-speakers? Does "sd" not stand for "SCSI Disk"? I think this reasoning is suspect. --Scott @ @ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-oOO-(_)-OOo-=-=-=-=-= C. Scott Ananian: cananian@lcs.mit.edu / Declare the Truth boldly and Laboratory for Computer Science/Crypto / without hindrance. Massachusetts Institute of Technology /META-PARRESIAS AKOLUTOS:Acts 28:31 -.-. .-.. .. ..-. ..-. --- .-. -.. ... -.-. --- - - .- -. .- -. .. .- -. PGP key available via finger and from http://www.pdos.lcs.mit.edu/~cananian
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