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SubjectRe: 2.6.20*: PATA DMA timeout, hangs (2)
Alistair John Strachan wrote:
> On Monday 12 March 2007 13:25, Frank van Maarseveen wrote:
> [snip]
>> So, are /dev/hd* going to disappear in a few years? iow, does it make
>> sense to _slowly_ start to migrate to /dev/sd*?
>
> How would you propose doing this? I'm sure modern distros with an
> initrd/initramfs probably already do some sort of root detection. Doesn't fix
> the fstab issue, but I suppose this could be auto-generated too.
>
>> The problem is there's no plan B in case of any troubles except rename
>> everything back again to boot an old kernel.
>
> I doubt this matters for distributors, as they'll simply switch over when you
> upgrade the distro, and the earliest supported kernel will be the one that
> shipped with the newer version.
>
> I accept that it's a bit of a drag, but it's better to have a standard naming
> convention for all disks, isn't it?

The solution is quite simple. Use the LABEL= trick or other methods to
uniquely identify the partition regardless how it's connected. Most
modern distributions are already doing this.

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tejun
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