Re: Replacing an HDD: will it be labeled as before?

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:42:54 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote:

> Camaleón wrote:

(...)

>>> Say now that I manage to copy my home to the new HDD (in ext3) which
>>> will replace the old one. If I physically put a new HDD at the place
>>> of the old one, will I encounter issues?
>>>     
>>>     
>> Most probably, yes. There is a high chance the system detects the new
>> device as "/dev/sdd". Reusing existing device names is not what I would
>> expect as it could overlap the current setup :-/
>>   
> Okay. So, there would be no /dev/sdc, but a /dev/sdd?

I can't say for sure. But last time I played with disks (putting new 
ones, removing others...) I get that behaviour, yes.

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón