If you run devfsd then symlinks are created from the old names to the new names:
davidw@meow:~$ ls -la /dev/hda1
lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 33 Feb 21 20:14 /dev/hda1 ->
ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1
davidw@meow:~$
So programs like libparted can find the device they were looking for. I believe
libparted would work fine. I just got it to print a partition table:
(parted) print
Disk geometry for /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc: 0.000-1222.593
megabytes
Disk label type: msdos
Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags
1 0.031 238.218 primary ext2 boot
2 238.219 269.718 primary linux-swap
3 269.719 1000.125 primary ext2
4 1000.125 1222.593 primary
(parted)
But I haven't tried any more complicated operations.
David
Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 11:26:06PM -0700 wrote:
> In reference to a message from David Whedon, dated Feb 21:
> > I've been playing with devfs. I'm considering it on the install system for the
>
> do things like libparted work with devfs?
>
> randolph
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