Subject: Re: Attaching additional HDD - such simple(?) thing not without problems
To: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@wasabisystems.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 05/24/2006 12:22:33
"Steven M. Bellovin" wrote:

> On Wed, 24 May 2006 03:06:24 +0200, Zbigniew Baniewski <zb@ispid.com.pl>
> wrote:
> 
> > But why it isn't set as default option? Does there exist any benefit in
> > such "wandering disklabel"?
> > 
> Here's a suggestion I've made in the past (and implemented ~25 years ago):
> use the volume label and mount things like /dev/dsk/myvol/a, etc.

Wasn't this sort of functionality something that wedges were supposed to
offer (one day...)?

Simon.
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