changing partition designations

[Nils Kassube]

Robert Holtzman wrote:
> The central question is: is there a way to change the partition
> designations back to /dev/sda*?

No, I don't think so. The device name is given by the kernel at the time 
the device is found. Maybe the device will be sda after you reboot, but 
you never know if you have several devices with sd* device names.

> BTW sda* files don't exist in /dev anymore.

Right now you don't have a device sda*, so there is no device file for it. 
These device files are made by the kernel when the device is found and 
deleted by the kernel if the device is removed. There is nothing to worry 
about as long as you use UUIDs in /boot/grub/menu.lst and /etc/fstab.


Nils