Linux is not about choice [was Re: Fedora too cutting edge?]

[Alan Cox]

On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 11:00:24AM -0600, Les Mikesell wrote:
> But the old names were predictable; the new ones aren't - when I move a 
> disk to a new controller/drive position, I know about it.

They were not. If you added a controller they may change.

Old unix naming is based on a fixed structure, modern system naming is
based on the reality of hotplug