Re: 2.6.20*: PATA DMA timeout, hangs (2)

[Alistair John Strachan <s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk>]

On Monday 12 March 2007 13:25, Frank van Maarseveen wrote:
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> So, are /dev/hd* going to disappear in a few years? iow, does it make
> sense to _slowly_ start to migrate to /dev/sd*?

How would you propose doing this? I'm sure modern distros with an 
initrd/initramfs probably already do some sort of root detection. Doesn't fix 
the fstab issue, but I suppose this could be auto-generated too.

> The problem is there's no plan B in case of any troubles except rename
> everything back again to boot an old kernel.

I doubt this matters for distributors, as they'll simply switch over when you 
upgrade the distro, and the earliest supported kernel will be the one that 
shipped with the newer version.

I accept that it's a bit of a drag, but it's better to have a standard naming 
convention for all disks, isn't it?

Glad this is working for you.

-- 
Cheers,
Alistair.

Final year Computer Science undergraduate.
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