Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 18:28:42 +0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: Dieter Rothacker <didi@Xterminator.STUDFB.UniBw-Muenchen.de> Cc: Michael Kennett <mike@laurasia.com.au>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADSUP: wd driver will be retired! Message-ID: <19991211102842.C18331CA0@overcee.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: Message from Dieter Rothacker <didi@Xterminator.STUDFB.UniBw-Muenchen.de> of "Sat, 11 Dec 1999 11:10:20 %2B0100." <pyJSOKMPdliWfW9ot2La2KkdmCqv@4ax.com>
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Dieter Rothacker wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Dec 1999 14:21:25 +0800 (WST), Michael Kennett wrote:
>
> >Note that wd1 is not present. This caused a mild hickup when rebooting the
> >new kernel, since the new ata controller assigned the labels ad0 and ad1 to
> >the drives. It was not possible to boot into multiuser mode without changin
g
> >the /etc/fstab file to rename the /dev/wd2* entries to /dev/ad1*. That was
> >easy to fix, however for a newbie it might cause problems. I mention it now
,
> >since the upgrade from 3.x might need special handling of this case (?).
>
> You should use the kernel option
> "options ATA_STATIC_ID"
> for such cases. At least it works for me :-)
I think this should only apply to the /dev/wd* compatability devices. ie:
use the correct numbering for new installs onto ad*, but still support the old
spread-out naming for wd*. This used to be more important as it required
fiddling with $root_disk_unit, but the new mountroot code has relieved the
pressure there.
Cheers,
-Peter
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