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On Sunday 17 January 2010 15:14:06 Jarry wrote: |
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> > If all you are doing is making filesystems available for use, and you |
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> > find you are getting involved with device names, then you are doing |
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> > something contrary to current kernel/udev/userspace practice. |
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> If your last paragraph ist true, then it is probably time |
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> to rewrite Gentoo Handbook. I just checked it, especially |
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> section 4 "Preparing the Disks" and 8 "Configuring your System" |
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> and did not find a word about udev, and this new concept of |
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> device files (maybe time to file bug concerning Gentoo doc?). |
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Filing a bug concerning the docs is probably your best route. |
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I'm not familiar enough with the docs to advise on what should be in the docs |
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(I stopped needing to refer to them long ago), and it's also a complex patch |
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that must be made. Off the top of my head, I imagine at least: |
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- info on udev - what it is, why it is, how it works. Enough info in the main |
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doc to help the user, with links to more complete data elsewhere. |
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- newer methods of mounting (by LVM names, volume name, filesystem UUID). This |
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will need the mkfs section also updated with coverage of all common |
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filesystems and how to label a new fs |
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- for users who choose to stick with /dev/ names, they will need sample |
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commands to identify which disk is which - gparted, fdisk, blkid and so on |
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- I'm sure even hal will rear it's ugly head in the midst of this... |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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