James Wilkinson: >>> Please note that /dev/hdx device names are going away in the future -- >>> even parallel ATA disks (IDE) will be called /dev/sdx. When this >>> happens, references to /dev/hdx in grub config files or /etc/fstab >>> will break. Tim: >> This seems to be a MONUMENTALLY STUPID thing to do. [snip] Jay Cliburn: > You should direct your complaint to the kernel developers. That's where this > change comes from. While I might, eventually (depending on getting myself organised, figuring out how and where to do it, and checking that someone else hasn't already said the same thing, etc.). This was the first place that I heard that plan, so I replied in the same arena. And as others will say, it gives a chance for the thoughts to be mulled over before making a bug report. -- (Currently running FC4, but testing FC5, if that's important.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
