Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 8 Jan 1998 18:34:27 +1100 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: no need for a devfs |
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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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