From: Benjamin LaHaise Subject: Re: fsid syntax Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 22:19:38 -0400 Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20020807221938.A26110@redhat.com> References: <200208071711.00712.bernd-schubert@web.de> <200208071830.54734.bernd-schubert@web.de> <15697.33669.398331.848444@notabene.cse.unsw.edu.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Bernd Schubert , Trond Myklebust , nfs@lists.sourceforge.net Return-path: Received: from to-velocet.redhat.com ([216.138.202.10] helo=touchme.toronto.redhat.com) by usw-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 17ccto-0000gM-00 for ; Wed, 07 Aug 2002 19:19:40 -0700 To: Neil Brown In-Reply-To: <15697.33669.398331.848444@notabene.cse.unsw.edu.au>; from neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au on Thu, Aug 08, 2002 at 06:31:01AM +1000 Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Thu, Aug 08, 2002 at 06:31:01AM +1000, Neil Brown wrote: > (*) I really don't think that basing the fsid on the device number is > at all sensible. Afterall, that is what we are trying to avoid. > Just pick a number, any number. > 1 for the first filesystem, 2 for the second. > Your age for the filesystem storing you home directory. > 42 for the filesystem storing the Great Question of Life, The > Universe, and Everything. It would make sense for filesystems that have a GUID, like ext2/3, for it to be used as the fsid. Just a thought. -ben ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs