-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Marco De Vitis wrote: > Hi, I'm configuring Etch (kernel 2.6) on a machine which has a builtin > Intel ICH7 SATA controller (I'm using two HDs in software RAID on it), > plus an Areca PCI-X SATA RAID controller (4 HDs in hardware RAID), plus > a LSI PCI-X SCSI controller (connected to an external storage unit). > > It all works, but the problem is that the devices are more or less > randomly named at boot, i.e. the Areca device is sometimes /dev/sda, > other times sdb, or even sdd, so using device names in fstab or > elsewhere is dangerous. > > I've googled a bit and found out about the "scsihosts" kernel boot > parameter, but it doesn't seem to work. > So, for the moment, I've worked around the problem by assigning labels > to the partitions and mounting them in fstab using the label references. > > Isn't there a better way? Isn't there a way to be sure that the devices > order will always be the same?
Sounds to me like a call for udev. Naming the disks by UUID should solve your problem. Exactly how do you implement it? Don't know. - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF8Ff6iXBCVWpc5J4RAmZPAJ0fpHwS9Kf6EuoZnMdCkOsF7V95ywCeO+gW pqgfizcHlBX+b+I2QhJx2V4= =7fwZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
