Arnd Vehling <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > does anyone know how to fix the device name on a debian linux > system? For example. If i have two IDE hardisks, the devices will > be named like this. > > /dev/hda > /dev/hdb > > If i now must remove the first harddisk (/dev/hda) the second > (/dev/hdb) will be renamed to (/dev/hda) after the reboot. As i want > /dev/hdb to be a mirror of /dev/hda and used as failover disk > _without_ opening the case and tampering with the IDE bus setup, i > want linux to keep the name /dev/hdb for the drive no matter what > happens.
put one drive on IDE0, the other drive on IDE1. Then to 'remove' hda simply disable IDE0 in the bios. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
