Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 22:51:20 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: "Jason J. Hellenthal" <jhell@DataIX.net> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, Alexander Motin <mav@freebsd.org>, Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Why not just name the cam-ata devices the same as the old names? Message-ID: <4DB7AED8.5070602@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20110427054218.GA88420@DataIX.net> References: <4DB70949.6090104@FreeBSD.org> <20110426182017.GA92471@freebsd.org> <4DB70F13.6060002@FreeBSD.org> <BANLkTikFHLaQ=Vrt9UhyJdo5ELm522OZjA@mail.gmail.com> <4DB759A1.4050201@FreeBSD.org> <20110427054218.GA88420@DataIX.net>
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On 04/26/2011 22:42, Jason J. Hellenthal wrote: > The best possible thing you could use here is a GPT scheme for the disks > to remain consistent across newfs's. But relying on GPT for all disks > will not always work in situations where the disk also involves a > operating system that does not support booting off of a GPT disk, like > all of Windows XP and then Win7 Right. It's also not possible to move to gpt in existing installations where it is impossible (or impractical) to wipe the disk and start over again. Thanks for summarizing, and confirming my concerns. Fortunately, Alexander has already committed a transition mechanism that should be transparent to the vast majority of our users. That will give us until 10.0 to adopt a sane labeling scheme. -- Nothin' ever doesn't change, but nothin' changes much. -- OK Go Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/
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