Re: Specifying disks to monitor in Linux

Rio <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnome.apps.gkrellm
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Wednesday 29 July 2009, [email protected] wrote:
> On Linux, the names of the disk devices can change from boot to boot.  For
> example, if you have two disk controllers, and you have a SATA cable from
> the first controller running to an external plug.
> 
> In this case the names of the disks on the second controller will change,
> depending on whether or not there is a drive plugged into the external
> plug on booting.
> 
> There are a number of legitimate and unavoidable reasons why the names of
> drives can change.  I could list them off, but you get the point.
> 
> In the /etc/fstab file, this problem is solved by referring to the drives
> using their UUIDs instead of the hardware name.
> 
> Is it possible to have similar functionality in gkrellm?  I don't like to
> keep going in and changing its configuration every time I reboot.
> 
> gkrellm is a VERY slick program.  I am very impressed all around.  This
> issue sticks out like a big paint splotch on the Mona Lisa.
> 
> I tell you what: if gkrellm could listen on dbus and automagically start
> monitoring my USB drives (and Ethernet devices!) when I plug them in, that
> would be fantastic.
> 
> Thanks for listening to my rant.
> 

why not simply plug the cable for the external connection into the last SATA 
controller? that would cure the problem.


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