/dev/disk/by-id

  1. UdoB

    [TUTORIAL] FabU: how to select the correct disk, or: what’s in a (device)-name?

    The different names for disks may lead to confusion. I show some different names to specify the "right" device. Why is this important? Well..., the obvious thing is that “zpool create” will destroy the old content. You will lose any data stored on it. And the “classic” names like “sda” may...
  2. mattlach

    Root on ZFS using /dev/sdX device names?

    Hey all, I installed Proxmox to a mirrored pair of SSD's quite a while ago. I noticed almost immediately that the resultant rpool used old fashioned linux device names: NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM rpool ONLINE 0 0 0 mirror-0 ONLINE 0 0...