Re: Device name discrepancies
On Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 02:27:12PM -0500, Latchezar Dimitrov wrote:
> Initial device names often differ from after base install ones, e.g. hd0
> and hd1, eth0 and eth2 in my case.
>
> This may mislead to driver issues (as I was misled in eth case) and
> cause wasting a lot of time since actually there is no driver issue and
> therefore nothing published.
>
> My suggestion is to put forward: "If experiencing problem(s) with a
> device/device driver first make sure the device names before and after
> base install are the same" and some advice to manual work.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Latchezar Dimitrov
>
Since someone encountering problems is probably after the base
install, they won't necessarily know what things were like before
hand.
Perhaps there is a way to record configuration information beforehand
(automatically) so that someone could refer to it later. I'm not sure
how feasible this is, as one would need to know not only the devices
but which physical hardware was attached.
The best solution is to keep the names stable. If that's not
possible, it does seem like a good idea to alert people to the
possibility that names might change.
Ross
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