From: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@redhat.com>
To: Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>
Cc: Bernd Schubert <bernd-schubert@web.de>,
Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>,
nfs@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: fsid syntax
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 22:19:38 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020807221938.A26110@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <15697.33669.398331.848444@notabene.cse.unsw.edu.au>; from neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au on Thu, Aug 08, 2002 at 06:31:01AM +1000
On Thu, Aug 08, 2002 at 06:31:01AM +1000, Neil Brown wrote:
> (*) I really don't think that basing the fsid on the device number is
> at all sensible. Afterall, that is what we are trying to avoid.
> Just pick a number, any number.
> 1 for the first filesystem, 2 for the second.
> Your age for the filesystem storing you home directory.
> 42 for the filesystem storing the Great Question of Life, The
> Universe, and Everything.
It would make sense for filesystems that have a GUID, like ext2/3,
for it to be used as the fsid. Just a thought.
-ben
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-08-08 2:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-08-07 15:11 fsid syntax Bernd Schubert
2002-08-07 15:26 ` Trond Myklebust
2002-08-07 16:30 ` Bernd Schubert
2002-08-07 17:04 ` Bogdan Costescu
2002-08-07 20:31 ` Neil Brown
2002-08-08 2:19 ` Benjamin LaHaise [this message]
2002-08-08 2:44 ` Neil Brown
2002-08-08 12:44 ` Bernd Schubert
2002-08-08 22:15 ` Frank van Maarseveen
2002-08-07 17:37 ` Bernd Schubert
2002-08-07 17:45 ` Bernd Schubert
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