Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964775AbWHQJ1a (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Aug 2006 05:27:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964774AbWHQJ1a (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Aug 2006 05:27:30 -0400 Received: from mailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.26]:43679 "EHLO mailer.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964771AbWHQJ12 (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Aug 2006 05:27:28 -0400 Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:21:18 +0200 (MEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Lee Trager cc: Jeff Garzik , Gabor Gombas , Adrian Bunk , Alan Cox , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: /dev/sd* In-Reply-To: <44E42900.1030905@PicturesInMotion.net> Message-ID: References: <1155144599.5729.226.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20060809212124.GC3691@stusta.de> <1155160903.5729.263.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20060809221857.GG3691@stusta.de> <20060810123643.GC25187@boogie.lpds.sztaki.hu> <44DB289A.4060503@garzik.org> <44E3DFD6.4010504@PicturesInMotion.net> <44E42900.1030905@PicturesInMotion.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required _SUMMARY_ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 838 Lines: 21 >> In the process, we can rename the then-"generic disk" (scsi ide whatever) >> back to "hd*" since that actually expands to Hard Disk. >> (If I would have known a lot earlier about Linux I would have proposed >> "id*" for the IDE disks.) >> >Actually that does make more sense then using disk. So I guess we're >back to square one. Personally I don't think its that big of a deal, all >you have to do is change fstab and grub or lilo. My main concern is for >the less advanced Linux users. Less advanced users should use the upgrade tools their distribution provides. Jan Engelhardt -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/