In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 01/29/08 12:09, Stuart Gall wrote: > > Hello, > > I have a problem with 4.0r2 (although it is probably not exclusive to > > that release) > > > > On a number of systems with multiple sata controllers the controllers > > come up in different orders (randomly on boot) the order is always the > > same in lilo but gets changed sometimes by the time the kernel loads. > > This has the effect of juggling the drives so mount does not work. > > > > I have seen this problem in a number of places on the net, the usual > > solution posted is to mount by label rather than by drive. > > > > This is possible for EXT2/EXT3 but it is not possile AFAIKS for swap. > > Swap partitions *can* have labels. You can also mount by UUID. Yes swap partitions can have labels, yes you can mount ext2/ext3 filesystems bu UUID. But it does not work for swap. At least that is my interpretation of man fstab. And no matter what I try in fstab I cant mount swap by label or UUID. Can you give me an example of what my fstab entry should look like LABEL=swap swap swap defaults 0 0 Does not work. > > > Also the reason these systems have multiple sata controllers is that > > they have a raid partition. So also I am not sure how the md device > > would handle having its disks moved around. > > > > Is there some way to force a particular controller, and hence disk, > > ordering on the kernel ? > > > > For the moment, if these systems have to be shutdown. On reboot if the > > order is wrong we get dumped to ramfs then we just ctrl-alt-delete > > repeatedly until the order comes right and the system boots. > > > > I can not understand why the order would be random. > > > > I am using irqpoll kernel flag to boot these systems, otherwise we get > > sda lost interrupt, not sure if that is relevant. > > > > TVMIA > > - -- > Ron Johnson, Jr. > Jefferson LA USA > > "I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals, I'm a vegetarian > because I hate vegetables!" > unknown > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFHn3afS9HxQb37XmcRAhk0AJ0UxT4VPZ51S1J8C6fp7lndRgVI4gCg4Jha > f8/KTBSaai9Vs32vX/tNKsE= > =6rOa > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
