On Tue, 28 May 2002 07:36, jurgen@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> Borsenkow Andrej wrote:
> > I do not think so. Most applications for raw devices need fixed
> > predictable names. Oracle admin hardly will be pleased with the fact
> > that his tablespaces change name on every reboot.
>
> The namespace issues are a bit separate from what I was talking about,
> but the device names would remain predictable in any case. If you
> used this mechanism very naively you could shoot yourself in the foot
> of course, but you can do that now.
>
> The ultimate goal is to make the names much more predictable by having
> them appear as things like /dev/scsi/busN/.../rdisc, etc., but I
> haven't got that far yet.
What exactly is wrong with /dev/scsi/busN/.../rdisc and
/dev/scsi/busN/.../rpart1?
Why not have raw disk device nodes managed the same way as regular disk
device nodes. Surely a problem in one type implies a problem in the other?
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