Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1461 mails)

[Bob S <911@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 19 May 2009 04:57:35 pm Greg Freemyer wrote:
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> Bob,
>
> The old /dev/hda scheme was tied to the physical structure of the
> machine, so it could be trusted to be constant.
Yeah, I remember. Had an hda, an hdb, and an sda at one of the iterations, I 
think at the install of 10.2. Then I think they all became sdx at the install 
of 10.3

> The new /dev/sda scheme has the names assignedthe order of the drivers
> loaded.  Consistency is not even a goal of the new design.
>
> So you have to switch to using one of the /dev/disk/by-*
> designations for your disk.

I do use disk/bylabel but that doesn't change the drive designation or help 
you identify a drive during the installation phase.
> Yes, I too find it very frustrating, especially since opensuse does
> not even include a real tool for converting the various references.
> Please go vote for the fate entry about this.
> https://features.opensuse.org/306321
>
> You need to update /etc/fstab (can be done via the yast2-partitioner)
?? That statement confuses me. You mean on all of my existing installs? and 
after the new upgrade?

> /boot/grub/device.map, and /boot/grub/menu.lst   (I don't know of
> anything but an editor to handle those.)
Same as above? The editing doesn't bother me, assuming I can get to them.

> The fate entry does not discuss these last 2, but it should.  Feel
> free to add that if you go look at it.  I already have 2 comments, so
> it would be nice is new name were adding comments.  It will make it
> look of more general interest.
I will take a look and definitely add my comments. This is really getting to 
be a PITA.

Bob S
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