sdX? Shozbot.

[Mike Andrew]

> Mike, what pain in the ass are you referring to here??

the fact that 'Linux' assigns sdX numbers to scsi devices on a first come
first served basis. This means the order of module loading is important,
that you can't have 'plug and play' parallel zip drives eg.

Any change to your "scsi" devices where "scsi" can == ide cdrom burners,
means all bets are off and you have to go through a mintie hunt in
/var/log/messages to discover which is what, now.

It wouldn't be as tuff if say simply adding a cdrom burner meant by logical
inference that it was /dev/sdB (assuming you already had /dev/sdA) but that
cannot be assumed. It depends when and where you apply the ide-scsi
statement. Ditto, (pun intended), most of the usb bulk storage family. The
modprobe order needs careful crafting, which in turn, causes non-linear
results in the /dev/numbering scheme.

Not a complaint, not a whinge, I want something 'better' than tail
/var/log/messages.