Peter Svensson writes:
> On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, Richard Gooch wrote:
>
> > I see no reason we can't have /dev/scsi/identifiers/ as well.
>
> And even for disks it makes sense. You want to mke2fs (or your
> filesystem of choise) the correct physical disk. You cannot really
> depend on the label in that situation, but a WWN sounds like just
> what is needed.
Or just rely on host,bus,target,lun names. It's fair enough to assume
that devices aren't being replugged while you're in the middle of
typing "mke2fs"!
Regards,
Richard....
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