Re: [CentOS] SDA and HDA

2010-08-22 Thread Mark
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Robert Heller wrote: > At Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:09:00 -0500 CentOS mailing list > wrote: > >> I see in this file: >> >> # cat /boot/grub/device.map >> # this device map was generated by anaconda >> (hd0)     /dev/hda >> >> Should I change this too sda?  It works an

Re: [CentOS] SDA and HDA

2010-08-22 Thread Robert Heller
At Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:12:14 -0400 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > > Matt wrote: > >> The only problems with switching after install is: > >> > >> 1) you need to be sure the initrd has the (proper) SATA kernel module(s) > >> in it. If necessary, you'll have to use mkinitrd to re-create the > >

Re: [CentOS] SDA and HDA

2010-08-22 Thread Robert Heller
At Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:12:14 -0400 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > > Matt wrote: > >> The only problems with switching after install is: > >> > >> 1) you need to be sure the initrd has the (proper) SATA kernel module(s) > >> in it. If necessary, you'll have to use mkinitrd to re-create the > >

Re: [CentOS] SDA and HDA

2010-08-22 Thread Robert Heller
At Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:09:00 -0500 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > > The only problems with switching after install is: > > > > 1) you need to be sure the initrd has the (proper) SATA kernel module(s) > > in it.  If necessary, you'll have to use mkinitrd to re-create the > > initrd file to incl

Re: [CentOS] SDA and HDA

2010-08-22 Thread Rob Kampen
Matt wrote: The only problems with switching after install is: 1) you need to be sure the initrd has the (proper) SATA kernel module(s) in it. If necessary, you'll have to use mkinitrd to re-create the initrd file to include the proper driver modules. 2) /etc/fstab needs to be fixed, either to

Re: [CentOS] SDA and HDA

2010-08-22 Thread Matt
> The only problems with switching after install is: > > 1) you need to be sure the initrd has the (proper) SATA kernel module(s) > in it.  If necessary, you'll have to use mkinitrd to re-create the > initrd file to include the proper driver modules. > > 2) /etc/fstab needs to be fixed, either to u

Re: [CentOS] SDA and HDA

2010-08-19 Thread Robert Heller
At Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:54:32 -0500 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > > With the default settings in my Supermicro motherboard CentOS calls my > > SATA drive /dev/hda.  If in bios setup I change 'Native Mode > > Operation' from auto to 'Serial ATA' it boots up calling the drive > > /dev/sda.  I k

Re: [CentOS] SDA and HDA

2010-08-19 Thread Matt
>> So I guess another question here.  Is it better to my SATA interface >> in Serial ATA mode or AUTO in BIOS?  The motherboard calls it sda when >> in serial ata mode but hda when in auto mode.  Will there be a >> performance difference? > > It depends on which kernel module gets used, and which v

Re: [CentOS] SDA and HDA

2010-08-19 Thread Lamar Owen
On Thursday, August 19, 2010 10:54:32 am Matt wrote: > So I guess another question here. Is it better to my SATA interface > in Serial ATA mode or AUTO in BIOS? The motherboard calls it sda when > in serial ata mode but hda when in auto mode. Will there be a > performance difference? It depends

Re: [CentOS] SDA and HDA

2010-08-19 Thread Matt
> With the default settings in my Supermicro motherboard CentOS calls my > SATA drive /dev/hda.  If in bios setup I change 'Native Mode > Operation' from auto to 'Serial ATA' it boots up calling the drive > /dev/sda.  I keep thinking its likely better under /dev/sda not?  Any > problem switching it

Re: [CentOS] SDA and HDA

2010-08-19 Thread Keith Roberts
On Wed, 18 Aug 2010, John R Pierce wrote: > To: CentOS mailing list > From: John R Pierce > Subject: Re: [CentOS] SDA and HDA > > On 08/18/10 1:17 PM, Keith Roberts wrote: >> Personally I can't see myself moving hard drives around >> from machine to machin

Re: [CentOS] SDA and HDA

2010-08-18 Thread John R Pierce
On 08/18/10 1:17 PM, Keith Roberts wrote: > Personally I can't see myself moving hard drives around > from machine to machine, as I only have 1 main machine > (tower case with 3.5" drives) and a few laptops using 2.5" > drives. the scenario where I've done that is when I'm fixing or recovering d

Re: [CentOS] SDA and HDA

2010-08-18 Thread Keith Roberts
On Wed, 18 Aug 2010, John R Pierce wrote: > To: CentOS mailing list > From: John R Pierce > Subject: Re: [CentOS] SDA and HDA > > On 08/18/10 11:56 AM, Keith Roberts wrote: >> If LVM supports them, partition labels are the way to go. >> >> /dev/?da?? get sc

Re: [CentOS] SDA and HDA

2010-08-18 Thread John R Pierce
On 08/18/10 11:56 AM, Keith Roberts wrote: > If LVM supports them, partition labels are the way to go. > > /dev/?da?? get screwed up if you create or destroy partitions. Whereas > labels don't care about the actual device name in question. and plug that disk with label 'root' into another syste

Re: [CentOS] SDA and HDA

2010-08-18 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Keith Roberts wrote: > On Wed, 18 Aug 2010, Hannes Frederic Sowa wrote: >> From: Hannes Frederic Sowa >> On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 1:23 AM, Matt wrote: >>> >>> With the default settings in my Supermicro motherboard CentOS calls my >>> SATA drive /dev/hda.  If in bi

Re: [CentOS] SDA and HDA

2010-08-18 Thread Keith Roberts
On Wed, 18 Aug 2010, Hannes Frederic Sowa wrote: To: CentOS mailing list From: Hannes Frederic Sowa Subject: Re: [CentOS] SDA and HDA On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 1:23 AM, Matt wrote: With the default settings in my Supermicro motherboard CentOS calls my SATA drive /dev/hda.  If in bios setup I

Re: [CentOS] SDA and HDA

2010-08-17 Thread Hannes Frederic Sowa
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 1:23 AM, Matt wrote: > With the default settings in my Supermicro motherboard CentOS calls my > SATA drive /dev/hda.  If in bios setup I change 'Native Mode > Operation' from auto to 'Serial ATA' it boots up calling the drive > /dev/sda.  I keep thinking its likely better u

[CentOS] SDA and HDA

2010-08-17 Thread Matt
With the default settings in my Supermicro motherboard CentOS calls my SATA drive /dev/hda. If in bios setup I change 'Native Mode Operation' from auto to 'Serial ATA' it boots up calling the drive /dev/sda. I keep thinking its likely better under /dev/sda not? Any problem switching it to that a