Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 19 Jan 2001 12:38:47 +0100 | From | David Santinoli <> | Subject | Re: Partition renumbering under 2.4.0 |
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On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 10:56:14AM -0500, James Bottomley wrote: > Under 2.4, if you use devfs, the solaris (and other) slice recognition code > could be enhanced to give the correct names to all the slices. This would > turn out to be something like /dev/ide/hdb2s7 (or something even worse---I'm > afraid I only really know the naming scheme for SCSI devices) but at least you > can find the exact slice you're looking for in an easy and intuitive way. > > So, would you prefer the quick fix, or the more durable solution (which would > require you to change your fstab)?
Personally I'd be happy with the quick hack, but the slice-enhanced naming scheme possible with devfs looks like the way to go.
Besides, I think that documenting this issue in the "Changes" file would help somehow.
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