-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2012-09-22 17:53, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
They have a name based on the time the bios sees them first.
Actually, they're are given device names when they are discovered - for instance when you plug them in (USB etc), or when the driver is loaded (SCSI etc).
Yes.
They are not "named" used as an action verb, you can not name a disk as sda if you so wish.
You're right, "you" cannot name them, but the kernel can and does. Block devices are given a device _name_ depending on the sequence in which they are seen/discovered. I'm pretty certain this is calling "naming", see e.g.
Uncertainties of human languages :-) Yes, the kernel names them in the order it finds them, and we have no control over those names. That's why other naming schemes exist, such as id, uuid, label, path... - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 12.1 x86_64 "Asparagus" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlBd4h8ACgkQIvFNjefEBxq54ACgp9D8KZczwiad+NXYMkTi972H 7YQAoJ3m+cSStudWoLRPj+AY3plYwzJH =syyo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org