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From: Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>
To: Gentoo mailing list <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Rename /dev/nvme0n1 to /dev/sda
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2017 10:59:01 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAN0CFw3yJxTU89o3mhD+vCM57M-p5kVckP6uCnGkv4igVcphGw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADPrc82rHZRsjzT6F0H=j-nF_sA3iA+6YHMf6yvhhNJTdos75g@mail.gmail.com>

>> My new laptop uses /dev/nvme0n1 instead of /dev/sda which conflicts
>> with the script I use to manage about 12 similar laptops running
>> Gentoo.  Is there a udev method for renaming the disk that will work
>> well with any USB disks that happen to also be attached?
>>
>> crw------- 1 root root 252, 0 Aug 31 11:34 /dev/nvme0
>> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 259, 0 Aug 31 11:34 /dev/nvme0n1
>> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 259, 1 Aug 31 11:34 /dev/nvme0n1p1
>> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 259, 2 Aug 31 11:34 /dev/nvme0n1p2
>
> Isn't so much easier to use labels? Those are automatically available on
> /dev/disk/by-label, and you can use them in basically any type of partition,
> including Windows (NTFS and vfat) and swaps.


Do labels work with root= in grub and stuff like dd, fdisk, and mkfs?

- Grant


  reply	other threads:[~2017-09-03 17:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-09-01 16:10 [gentoo-user] Rename /dev/nvme0n1 to /dev/sda Grant
2017-09-02  2:58 ` R0b0t1
2017-09-02  6:48 ` Andrew Savchenko
2017-09-02 13:14 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2017-09-03 17:59   ` Grant [this message]
2017-09-03 18:11     ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2017-09-04  4:26       ` J. Roeleveld
2017-09-04  5:08         ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2017-09-02 14:35 ` Mike Gilbert
2017-09-03 18:11   ` Grant
2017-09-03 22:24     ` Mike Gilbert
2017-09-03 22:41       ` Grant
2017-09-04  1:26         ` Mike Gilbert
2017-09-04  1:38           ` Rich Freeman
2017-09-04 14:58             ` Grant
2017-09-04 15:00           ` Grant
2017-09-04 15:33             ` J. Roeleveld
2017-09-04 15:40             ` Mike Gilbert
2017-09-04 19:22               ` Grant

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