Re: devfs
Albert D. Cahalan (acahalan@cs.uml.edu)
Tue, 13 Jan 1998 05:02:07 -0500 (EST)
>> I think your point argues in favour of additional naming schemes that
>> use UUIDs or vendor strings. Whether those solutions belong in kernel
>> space or user space is yet to be determined.
>
> Indeed. Most SCSI disks can provide their serial number to an
> appropriate host query, and I've always thought that this would
> be another useful identification method, especially where a file
> system isn't present. It's too bad we don't control the partition
> table/MBR, as that's where a UUID for the whole disk would be helpful.
There is a UUID in the MBR, right before the partition table itself.
It is the reason NT diskmanager corrupts LILO versions below 20.