>> Umm, hdx or sdx is a small impact. The real power of /dev/disk is that >> not-so-technically minded users can go looking for their disk by its name > >They already can. It appears on their desktop with a little picture that >says "My iSpod" or similar 8) Not everyone follows Linus's "suggestion" to use KDE. Actually, there are even people not thrilled by either KDE or GNOME. >What sort of "name" are you considering for /dev/disk ? Whatever udev does currently seems good: 17:48 shanghai:~ > ls /dev/disk/by-id/* /dev/disk/by-id/ata-DIAMOND_250G_2B5400_030400026 /dev/disk/by-id/ata-DIAMOND_250G_2B5400_030400026-part1 /dev/disk/by-id/usb-0_USB_DRIVE_0000000000004287 /dev/disk/by-id/usb-0_USB_DRIVE_0000000000004287-part1 Jan Engelhardt -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
