Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:22:24 +0000 From: Tom Judge <tom@tomjudge.com> To: Dan D Niles <dan@more.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Root devices changing on Dell 2950 with dual perc 5 Message-ID: <45DB4A70.7020202@tomjudge.com> In-Reply-To: <1171996802.21181.20.camel@jane.spg.more.net> References: <1171996802.21181.20.camel@jane.spg.more.net>
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Dan D Niles wrote: > I just installed FreeBSD 6.2 on a Dell 2950. I installed it on a raid 1 > on the integrated Perc 5i. The root device was /dev/mfid0s2a. > > Then, I configured a raid 5 device on the Perc 5e. Now, my root device > was /dev/mfid1s2a. As a test, I configured an additional raid 1 device > on the Perc 5e. Now my root device is /dev/mfid2s2a. > > How do I get the internal raid device to be /dev/mfid0 and not change > every time I add an external raid device? > > The machine BIOS lists the Perc 5i first, and the Perc BIOS lists the > Perc 5i as controller 0 and the Perc 5e as controller 1. > > Any ideas how to fix this? > > Thanks, > > Dan > Not a true fix but you could take a look at geom label. It will allow you to label each partition with a static device id. Tom
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