Re: Pb with added disk (pciide) becoming wd0

[tlaronde%polynum.com@localhost]

On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 09:31:56AM -0500, Greg Troxel wrote:
> 
> tlaronde%polynum.com@localhost writes:
> 
> > I bought a PCI-E IDE adapter to be able to connect them, since my AMD64
> > is SATA.
> 
> Not what you asked, but there are USB to IDE adaptors, and these you can
> plug in to the computer after you have booted.  That's what I use for
> dealing with old IDE disks.

Yes, I forgot about the hardware enumeration of devices. I should think
about "occasional mass storage" -> "hot pluggable". In the future, I
will go for USB to IDE as you suggest.

For now, I will use locators in the kernel config.

> 
> > Is there a way to give identifiers to the "permanent" disks, in fstab,
> > so that whatever I add, the system can identify unambiguously the disks
> > in fstab?
> 
> See fstab(5) and the examples section.  (I am unclear on how to derive
> the wedge names for fdisk/disklabel disks.)

As I have mentionned, so that others don't fall in the trap: ROOT for
example is there apparently starting with 9.0 (no mention in fstab(5) or
the example on 8.0). I'm still on 8.0 (I never hurry to upgrade...).

Thanks,
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