Re: use DUIDs rather than device names in fstab?

2011-04-29 Thread Kenneth R Westerback
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 05:14:23PM +1000, David Gwynne wrote: > On 29/04/2011, at 4:48 PM, Otto Moerbeek wrote: > > > > > Op 29 apr. 2011 om 07:00 heeft David Gwynne het volgende > geschreven: > > > >> this is why i like duids: > > > > Is this what you get when you max out every option when order

Re: use DUIDs rather than device names in fstab?

2011-04-29 Thread Bryan
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 00:00, David Gwynne wrote: > this is why i like duids: > > Someone is clearly overcompensating. ;) That is a fine piece of machinery. What do you use something like this for? VM host? Wouldn't the use of DUIDs make little difference for you? I mean, sure, you have an sd

Re: use DUIDs rather than device names in fstab?

2011-04-29 Thread David Gwynne
On 29/04/2011, at 4:48 PM, Otto Moerbeek wrote: > > Op 29 apr. 2011 om 07:00 heeft David Gwynne het volgende geschreven: > >> this is why i like duids: > > Is this what you get when you max out every option when ordering a machine? no...

Re: use DUIDs rather than device names in fstab?

2011-04-28 Thread Otto Moerbeek
Op 29 apr. 2011 om 07:00 heeft David Gwynne het volgende geschreven: > this is why i like duids: Is this what you get when you max out every option when ordering a machine? -Otto > > OpenBSD 4.9-current (GENERIC.MP) #1: Fri Apr 29 14:55:51 EST 2011 > d...@hotspare.eait.uq.edu.au:/home/dlg/src

Re: use DUIDs rather than device names in fstab?

2011-04-28 Thread Theo de Raadt
>as nick says, this isnt a disk dependant thing. the duid is stored in the >disklabel, so it works on any block device where the kernel can read a >disklabel. obviously you can have duplicate duids (eg, by dding one disk to >another) which can be a bit confusing, but we can only go so far in protec

Re: use DUIDs rather than device names in fstab?

2011-04-28 Thread David Gwynne
this is why i like duids: OpenBSD 4.9-current (GENERIC.MP) #1: Fri Apr 29 14:55:51 EST 2011 d...@hotspare.eait.uq.edu.au:/home/dlg/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC. MP real mem = 137428045824 (131061MB) avail mem = 133755645952 (127559MB) mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.6 @

Re: use DUIDs rather than device names in fstab?

2011-04-28 Thread David Gwynne
On 29/04/2011, at 3:33 AM, Nick Holland wrote: > On 04/28/2011 10:58 AM, Bryan wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 19:55, David Gwynne wrote: >>> amen. >>> >>> anything that helps us get away from the kernels arbitrary numbering of >>> devices to identify disks is a good thing. >>> >>> dlg >>> >> >

Re: use DUIDs rather than device names in fstab?

2011-04-28 Thread Nick Holland
On 04/28/2011 10:58 AM, Bryan wrote: On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 19:55, David Gwynne wrote: amen. anything that helps us get away from the kernels arbitrary numbering of devices to identify disks is a good thing. dlg Would there be a reason why you wouldn't use DUIDs? Do some older drives not

Re: use DUIDs rather than device names in fstab?

2011-04-28 Thread Bryan
On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 19:55, David Gwynne wrote: > amen. > > anything that helps us get away from the kernels arbitrary numbering of > devices to identify disks is a good thing. > > dlg > Would there be a reason why you wouldn't use DUIDs? Do some older drives not support it, or some archs no

Re: use DUIDs rather than device names in fstab?

2011-04-27 Thread David Gwynne
amen. anything that helps us get away from the kernels arbitrary numbering of devices to identify disks is a good thing. dlg On 28/04/2011, at 10:20 AM, Nick Holland wrote: > On 04/27/11 08:27, Kent Watsen wrote: >>> Maybe you should tell us what happened and what you were expecting. >> >> I sa

Re: use DUIDs rather than device names in fstab?

2011-04-27 Thread Nick Holland
On 04/27/11 08:27, Kent Watsen wrote: >> Maybe you should tell us what happened and what you were expecting. > > I saw the check-in which stated that it was being turned on to see what > response there is, which is all I'm doing... > > When installing on a system only having IDE-based drives, I

Re: use DUIDs rather than device names in fstab?

2011-04-27 Thread Kent Watsen
Maybe you should tell us what happened and what you were expecting. I saw the check-in which stated that it was being turned on to see what response there is, which is all I'm doing... When installing on a system only having IDE-based drives, I was expecting to not be prompted, since I don't

Re: use DUIDs rather than device names in fstab?

2011-04-27 Thread Peter Hessler
On 2011 Apr 26 (Tue) at 23:50:23 -0400 (-0400), Kent Watsen wrote: :My first install was onto a USB pen drive and I thought this was brilliant. : :My second install was onto a fusion-based virtual machine and I was :like WTF? : :I suppose that the installer can't tell if a sd root disk is :swappabl

Re: use DUIDs rather than device names in fstab?

2011-04-27 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2011-04-27, Kent Watsen wrote: > My first install was onto a USB pen drive and I thought this was brilliant. > > My second install was onto a fusion-based virtual machine and I was like > WTF? > > I suppose that the installer can't tell if a sd root disk is swappable > or not, but certainly i

Re: use DUIDs rather than device names in fstab?

2011-04-26 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 11:50:23PM -0400, Kent Watsen wrote: > My first install was onto a USB pen drive and I thought this was brilliant. > > My second install was onto a fusion-based virtual machine and I was > like WTF? > > I suppose that the installer can't tell if a sd root disk is > swappa

use DUIDs rather than device names in fstab?

2011-04-26 Thread Kent Watsen
My first install was onto a USB pen drive and I thought this was brilliant. My second install was onto a fusion-based virtual machine and I was like WTF? I suppose that the installer can't tell if a sd root disk is swappable or not, but certainly it should know that wd is not - right? - or m