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DateThu, 8 Jan 1998 18:34:27 +1100
FromRichard Gooch <>
SubjectRe: no need for a devfs
Michael Neuffer writes:
> On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Phil Brutsche wrote:
> > > /dev/h0c0i3l0p1
> > > /dev/h0c0i3l0p2
> > No, please don't do this.  It's too confusing.  What's wrong with the
> > current SCSI setup (/dev/sda, /dev/sda1, /dev/sda2, etc) in any case?
> 
> Have you ever had to handle a machine with more then half a handfull 
> drives attached ?
> 
> What will happen if you move one drive ? (ie pull one drive and/or add
> another one)
> 
> If you are lucky the system will simply not be able to mount all the 
> partitions anymore at the next boot. If you are unlucky a whole bunch of
> your partitions will get corrupted.
> 
> To avoid this you will always have to remember to update everything (fstab
> and other software config files) before you reboot with the correct
> mapping. That might just work if you only have a few devices connected,
> but once you have more then that it gets dangerous.

Yep, I agree. Many times I've removed non-critical drives (i.e. those
not automatically mounted at bootup) with a lower ID than some other
critical drive. Having to edit /etc/fstab is a real pain. The current
system sucks.

				Regards,

					Richard....
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