Re: Disk partition names

Harlan asks:

> I'm reading blessed-names.txt and I'm curious.
> 
> Why ._disk1 ... ._diskN instead of things like:
> 
> 	._c1t0d0s3	(Solaris uses cNtNdNsN style partition names)
> 	._vg01_lvol3	(HP-UX uses /dev/vgN/lvolN style partition names)
> 	._hd9		(AIX uses /dev/hdN style names)
> 	._da0s1e	(FreeBSD uses /dev/daNsNX style names)

[NB: these names are *not* an ARK (mechanism) thing -- you
can name your partitions anything you like in Arusha land.
These names are a sidai (one possible policy...) thing --
it's how Matt and I do things...]

No deep reason at all.  The only thing is to have *some*
kind of name that tells users that "here be dragons".

If, instead, users spot relatively friendly names,
e.g. /export1, you will eventually find these names wired
into PATHs and who knows what else, and you lose the Very
Important ability to move things around among disks as
needed.

Always open to better ideas!

Will