Subject: Re: The obvious inherent superiority of SVR4 device naming...
To: Don Lewis <gdonl@gv.ssi1.com>
From: Per Fogelstrom <pefo@enea.se>
List: current-users
Date: 12/23/1994 12:10:49
> 
> On Dec 21, 10:11pm, der Mouse wrote:
> } Subject: Re: The obvious inherent superiority of SVR4 device naming...
> } I suppose it's a matter of taste.  I rather like having disk numbers
> } (the number after "sd") assigned from zero upwards as the kernel scans
> } the available controllers and target IDs.
> 
> I worry about automagic stuff like that.  What happens if one of my
> disks with a low ID dies and the system mounts a data partition as
> swap?
> 
If it does, it mus be considered as a bug. Swaping on a partition tagged
as anything else than "swap" should be prohibited. At least when mounting
automagically....