From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D125D1381F3 for ; Fri, 7 Jun 2013 16:45:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D1532E099F; Fri, 7 Jun 2013 16:45:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from uriel.asininetech.com (uriel.asininetech.com [142.4.209.58]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A2AF4E0984 for ; Fri, 7 Jun 2013 16:45:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by uriel.asininetech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2D92E169B for ; Fri, 7 Jun 2013 12:45:32 -0400 (EDT) X-DKIM: OpenDKIM Filter v2.6.8 uriel.asininetech.com F2D92E169B DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=staticsafe.ca; s=2012; t=1370623533; bh=a8aw8rxIvcmLL8mZ75a73Cij3OFH0nsIqy/TKd2EqwU=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=J8rkc9Pl7LLD7ngdyYMvG9DjHeu1TFoDRQamgkvNkYvvpFbf5XDG245EJt/2R5cKQ PXAApDPdp8m5MG4fwHiz7oe4WAwhGicpqBFc5Rnb8pL+kOzmGmhg8zgIlMNeqy6G8G 96bdn5jZVBp55Gr4GY7iOI26vsrzV6P3vgUWVZnE= Received: from uriel.asininetech.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (uriel.asininetech.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id mWQu3QnrsLYi for ; Fri, 7 Jun 2013 12:45:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from uriel.asininetech.com (uriel.asininetech.com [IPv6:2607:5300:60:e3a::1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by uriel.asininetech.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 94460E047D for ; Fri, 7 Jun 2013 12:45:31 -0400 (EDT) X-DKIM: OpenDKIM Filter v2.6.8 uriel.asininetech.com 94460E047D DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=staticsafe.ca; s=2012; t=1370623531; bh=a8aw8rxIvcmLL8mZ75a73Cij3OFH0nsIqy/TKd2EqwU=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=RNrgXBbk8UZ2wVJTBJwHTSApwz21yGiE2CmV3OVQWkTfDxzJxtBjO4t76ioUnMpG+ CffKjA1H5YQdQHxocFGIJnDEAJBW04ANLBVC3/vtx28VnKD53M8HzgbRekQ+a8Elz0 A0DUQ2a3AqS2Jl/YsyqNkjftLNM7eD3GIk6MNG24= Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 12:45:30 -0400 From: staticsafe To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Who/what names hard drives /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, etc Message-ID: <20130607164529.GA16414@uriel.asininetech.com> References: <20130607094309.GA864@ca.inter.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 89e7736b-1d5e-4d0b-82a5-67ac04b1c547 X-Archives-Hash: efbfb55948406ca7e157d3e0cb073ea3 On Fri, Jun 07, 2013 at 09:32:41AM -0700, Chris Stankevitz wrote: > On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 2:43 AM, Philip Webb wrote: > >> When in the boot process does is a disk given a name like "/dev/sda"? > > > > That's done by 'udev' based on what BIOS tells it. > > Hi Philip, > > Is this a true statement: > > Some people do not use udev. These people still have a /dev/sda. > Therefore something other than udev is giving drives the name > "/dev/sda". > > Thank you, > > Chris > Yes, the kernel does this. -- staticsafe O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org Please don't top post - http://goo.gl/YrmAb Don't CC me! I'm subscribed to whatever list I just posted on.