From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 28 17:22:13 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD3401065679 for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:22:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cliftonr@lava.net) Received: from outgoing02.lava.net (pie.lava.net [IPv6:2001:1888:0:1:230:48ff:fe5b:3b8c]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C4D38FC2B for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:22:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cliftonr@lava.net) Received: from malasada.lava.net (malasada.lava.net [64.65.64.17]) by outgoing02.lava.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7453170E1F; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:22:02 -1000 (HST) Received: by malasada.lava.net (Postfix, from userid 102) id 5D8FE153882; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:22:02 -1000 (HST) Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:22:02 -1000 From: Clifton Royston To: Chris Message-ID: <20080228172201.GA8954@lava.net> Mail-Followup-To: Chris , FreeBSD Stable References: <42F1932C-6F6B-4077-8C15-294AA6CFB678@lafn.org> <20080228075647.GA33902@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <47C691F7.2080208@bulinfo.net> <3aaaa3a0802280639i5217bd64xe2c0e1a1a518e9d@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3aaaa3a0802280639i5217bd64xe2c0e1a1a518e9d@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: FreeBSD Stable Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0 Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:22:13 -0000 On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 02:39:35PM +0000, Chris wrote: > On 28/02/2008, Krassimir Slavchev 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. ... > > > 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! ... > 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. And if you ever add a second drive, and it happens to be detected first, expect a lot of work getting things working again. There are good reasons for doing it this way, though you do get a choice. -- Clifton -- Clifton Royston -- cliftonr@iandicomputing.com / cliftonr@lava.net President - I and I Computing * http://www.iandicomputing.com/ Custom programming, network design, systems and network consulting services