Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Aug 2006 18:19:14 +0900 | From | Tejun Heo <> | Subject | Re: /dev/sd* |
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Jan Engelhardt wrote: >>> Less advanced users should use the upgrade tools their distribution >>> provides. >> And personally I think less advanced users will be very happy with >> /dev/disk (or /dev/hd). No more confusion wether to user /dev/hdx or >> /dev/sdx or whatever! > > Umm, hdx or sdx is a small impact. The real power of /dev/disk is that > not-so-technically minded users can go looking for their disk by its name > (or less frequently, by their address (e.g. USB drive)). Especially > important since any new disk discovered in the scsi layer gets the next > free slot.
Desktop volume management stuff is already doing it. When I connect my ipod, it shows up as IPOD on my desktop regardless of which sd letter it gets. Also, recent distributions use LABEL= tricks to find out root and other partitions to mount on boot.
The major/minor number and device name (which is determined by udev) aren't that important already and will become less of an issue as time passes.
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