changing partition designations

[Robert Holtzman]

On Wed, 2 Jul 2008, Nils Kassube wrote:

> 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.

You were right. The designations changed back to /dev/sda* after a reboot. 
Am I one confused lad? You bet I am.

Thanks for the reply.

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Bob Holtzman
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