> >>>>> "Dieter" == Dieter Rothacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>writes:
>
> Dieter> Why would you want to define "correct" numbering the
> Dieter> non-spread-out numbering? Or did I misunderstand you? I
> Dieter> have all my disks as master drives on the channels. Now,
> Dieter> when I hook up another disk for backup or maintenance
> Dieter> purposes, my numbering is messed up.
>
> Or worse, on a file server where you lose a low-numbered disk, not
> only does that one go away, but everything higher numbered loses as
> well. This "feature" does nothing other than introduce a gratuitous
> backwards-incompatibility. There is nothing wrong with the "old" scheme.
> I've loathed this behaviour since it was introduced into SCSI/CAM,
> and would rejoice at its removal.
This is the usual poorly thought out argument, which fails to note that
when you lose a disk you're already screwed due by /etc/fstab and the
need to hard-mount local filesystems.
The "right" solution is and has always been to name your disks and mount
them by name. Once devfs is a reality, we'll be able to do just this.
Until then, the problem's not really as bad as you make it out to be.
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