Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: Ideas for v2.1 | Date | Fri, 14 Jun 1996 16:58:37 +0100 (BST) | From | "mpoole" <> |
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> > > I'd like to see a new harddisk device naming scheme which allowes me > > to disconnect one of my SCSI harddisks without having to rename _all_ > > my mounts on disks behind this one just because Linux has a > > br********ed way to dynamically allocate device nodes to harddrives. > > > > What is wrong with > > > > /dev/sdaa0 for first primary partition on SCSI ID 0 on the first controller > > /dev/sdbc5 for the first secondary partition on ID 3 on the 2nd controller > > Yes, or something along the lines of the SysVr4 disk naming > convention of c0t0d0s0, where c0 is the controller, t0 is something I > cant remember off hand, d0 is the disk number on the controller (the > SCSI ID), and s0 is the slice number (partition). We might need to > add onto that a bus number for those machines with multiple SCSI > and/or EISA busses. >
Don't forget that we need LUN support in there somewhere. The Nakamichi MBR7 multi-disc CD-ROM supports 7 CDs by using the LUNs.
-- Martin Poole, Perot Systems Europe mpoole@heac001.gb.ec.ps.net
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