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Re: Bogus(?) /dev/sda appearing with linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64 3.2.65-1



On Sun, 2015-01-11 at 19:15 +0100, Arne Nordmark wrote:
> Den 2015-01-11 18:18, Arne Nordmark skrev:
> > With the latest Wheezy kernel I am seeing a new device /dev/sda that has
> > not been seen in previous kernels.
> 
> The claim of the device being new was not correct. I though I had online
> logs going back before the latest reboot. Checking offline logs I still
> find the device (as /dev/sdc) so the issue seems only to be a (perhaps
> unlucky) change in device discovery order.

You should generally name disk devices using the links that udev creates
under /dev/disk, or the UUID= or LABEL= syntax where supported.

Ben.

> Anyway, if anyone knows what this device is, it would be helpful.


-- 
Ben Hutchings
One of the nice things about standards is that there are so many of them.

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