Re: kernel-managed /dev, revisited
Philip Blundell (Philip.Blundell@pobox.com)
Sun, 13 Jul 1997 10:04:02 +0100
>Actually, I like Ted's idea better: Have the kernel scan the disk
>labels at boot time for every partition detected and grab a list of
>the disk labels on those partitions (you will need to label your file
>systems of course).
>
>And then, instead of using devices for mouting your file systems, you
>just mount them by name:
Indeed. Having the kernel aware of volume labels (for filesystems that support them) would be handy for removeable disks as well.
p.