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Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 15:28:03 +0200
From: Helge Hafting <helgehaf@idb.hist.no>
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To: Oystein Viggen <oysteivi@tihlde.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants
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Oystein Viggen wrote:
> 
> Quoth Helge Hafting:
> 
> > This could be extended to non-raid use - i.e. use the "raid autodetect"
> > partition type for non-raid as well.  The autodetect routine could
> > then create /dev/partitions/home, /dev/partitions/usr or
> > /dev/partitions/name_of_my_choice
> > for autodetect partitions not participating in a RAID.
> 
> What happens if I insert a hard drive from another computer which also
> has partitions named "home", "usr", and soforth?

This is the problem with all sorts of ID-based naming.  In this case
the kernel could simply change the conflicting names a bit,
and leave the cleanup to the administrator.  (Who probably
is around as he just inserted those disks....)

The current scheme have problems if you move a disk
from one controller to another, or in some cases
if you merely add a new one.  So the question becomes - 
what is most likely to go wrong?  And you can be
smart and name your partitions /usr21042001, /home03042001
and so on in order to minimize the risk of conflicts.

Helge Hafting