Re: udev causing data loss?
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Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 05:01:26 -0700, ghe wrote:
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> [...]
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>> particularly hated; massive nuisance causing data loss and grief:
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>> UDEV!!! (not the idea; the implementation)
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> How does udev cause data loss?
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I was working on a system where sda is the system disk, and sdb was to
get a new partition map; powered down for something; connected an
external USB disk; rebooted; partitioned sdb...
The names of internal disks change without notice. This, IMHO, is an
extremely lame idea. I know better now, but it was an expensive lesson.
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Glenn English
ghe@slsware.com
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