Re: /dev/sd*

[Jan Engelhardt]

>> 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
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