8 Apr
2015
8 Apr
'15
13:03
On 04/08/2015 11:22 AM, Stefan Seyfried wrote: > Am 07.04.2015 um 19:40 schrieb Jan Engelhardt: >> On Tuesday 2015-04-07 19:26, ellanios82 wrote: >>> - perhaps , make an exception , and not to use >>> >>> UUIDs for swap :: >>> >>> for instance :: >>> >>> /dev/sdb3 swap swap defaults 0 0 >> >> This is so bad a joke it's not even funny. >> >> /dev/sd* are in the class of the most unstable names you can possibly >> /get. > No, actually not. > > In "normal" setups (no multipath, fancy storage etc), all disks are /dev/sd* > > The only exception is KVM Virtualization if people still use the (old, > featureless, not useful) virtio-blk instead of the (better, newer, more > features) virtio-scsi. The solution there: use virtio-scsi, and disks > are again /dev/sd*. > > And in normal setups, people do usually not reconfigure their built-in > disks every day to cause sda->sdc changes, and if they do, they can > still choose boot-by-whatever to make this painless. > > Actually everything but /dev/sdX has been a major PITA, because it has > been eiter unstable or not usabe for humans. > > /dev/disk/by-uuid: seriously, this is for machines, not for humans. > /dev/disk/by-id: *not* stable. scsi-1ATA vs scsi-SATA vs ata- anyone? > /dev/disk/by-path: *not* stable, at least with virtualization > /dev/disk/by-label: *not* unique, better not plug in your old disk in an > USB case, I use it anyway but know the pitfalls > /dev/sd*: just works most of the time, in standard setups. ................. - thankyou, thankyou , thankyou ...................... regards -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org