disks renamed in 8.04

[Derek Broughton]

R Kimber wrote:

> On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:52:25 -0800
> Bob Cortez wrote:
> 
>> Hi Richard
>> 
>> In a terminal window enter  sudo lshw
>> 
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Is this new assignment permanent?  Can I rely on it being /dev/sdd1, as
> it now is, from reboot to reboot?

Absolutely not, and it never was.  If you plugged in your external drive,
unplugged it, and replugged it, it would have another device name.  If you
plugged in any other USB storage device before this external drive, it
would have a different name.
-- 
derek