On 28/02/2008, Krassimir Slavchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 11:15:30PM -0800, Doug Hardie wrote: > >> I have just installed 7.0 on some new hardware. Have never tried earlier > >> versions. There are a couple of unexpected items that I do not understand. > >> > >> 2. I have 2 SATA drives in the system. The first is recognized as ad10 > >> and the second as ad12. I expected to see ad0 and ad1. > > > > You shouldn't "expect" this in any way shape or form. The device > > numbers are not consistent, and are known to change depending upon lots > > of reasons (AHCI disabled/enabled, another ATA controller in place, SATA > > in "compatible" mode or "enhanced" mode, etc. etc.). > > > > Thus, never expect the adX devices to "start with 0". > > > > If you want adX devices to "start with 0" just remove 'options > ATA_STATIC_ID' from the kernel config file but be very carefully if you > change hardware! > > Best Regards > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) > > iD8DBQFHxpH2xJBWvpalMpkRAtpzAJsHAkMtjVIHU6dmXTZJdn3mtTWtYwCfRl7x > a9dAr6mnbnORaksfDpJMu8w= > =jiUk > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________
Ahh thats useful, on the occasions I have remotely installed freebsd over linux I have always failed due to incorrectly guessing the hd id and as such a wrong fstab, if I know it will always be ad0 and ad1 and so on it makes this much easier. Chris _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
