>> My new laptop uses /dev/nvme0n1 instead of /dev/sda which conflicts >> with the script I use to manage about 12 similar laptops running >> Gentoo. Is there a udev method for renaming the disk that will work >> well with any USB disks that happen to also be attached? >> >> crw------- 1 root root 252, 0 Aug 31 11:34 /dev/nvme0 >> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 259, 0 Aug 31 11:34 /dev/nvme0n1 >> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 259, 1 Aug 31 11:34 /dev/nvme0n1p1 >> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 259, 2 Aug 31 11:34 /dev/nvme0n1p2 > > Isn't so much easier to use labels? Those are automatically available on > /dev/disk/by-label, and you can use them in basically any type of partition, > including Windows (NTFS and vfat) and swaps.
Do labels work with root= in grub and stuff like dd, fdisk, and mkfs? - Grant
