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On Saturday 27 June 2009 02:28:59 Alan E. Davis wrote: |
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> Perhaps I can just edit the existing /etc/fstab, using device names. The |
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> device numbering is inconsistent between GNU/Linux distros under the (what |
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> I presume to be) new scheme, with all devices names as /dev/sdX . |
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Default kernel names are like that deliberately. The driver assigns a unique |
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name in the order that devices are found, and the name depends only on |
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whatever the author decided to give it. If you use the modern ATA subsystem to |
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drive your disks, they get called sd*. The older drivers non-SCSI still call |
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disks hd*. |
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This way you get a naming scheme that is guaranteed to be unique, but with no |
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other guarantees whatsoever (not even consistency). It's the simplest thing |
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that could possibly work (and a very sane engineering choice actually). |
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If that doesn't suit your needs, you can customize it with udev rules, or |
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mount by device UUID, or mount by filesystem label. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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