Carlos E. R. wrote:
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On 2012-09-22 16:42, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
AFAIK, disks are not named, but partitions are. When you create a filesystem you can assign a label, or do it later.
Disks are named - sda, sdb, sdc etc.
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).
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. http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Partition-Mass-Storage-Definitions-Naming-HOWTO/x99.ht... -- Per Jessen, Zürich (14.4°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org