Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 18:58:46 -0500 From: "IdiotSwitch Editor" <idiotswitch@beer.com> To: <current@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Sheldon Hearn" <sheldonh@iafrica.com> Subject: ATAPI Drive & Naming System Message-ID: <000601be6508$9d784040$2300000a@a35.my.intranet>
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> Remember that disks are now numbered in the sequence in which > they are found (as under the SCSI system), not in absolute > positions as they were with the old system. For example, if you > had wd0 and wd2 but no wd1, you'll now have wd0 and wd1. Watch > out for this, because you may need to change your /etc/fstab and > create appropriate entriess in /dev/ before booting your new kernel. This may make a flame war, but why not give SCSI & ide devices the SAME device names? Ie. drv0 == first ide controller (harddisk) drv1 == first ide controller (CD-ROM) drv2 == scsi harddrive drv3 == scsi tape backup In my example, I booted from the ide controller (so it started looking there first). If I booted from the scsi harddrive, the 2 scsi drives would be 'found' first? This would simplify (or possibly mutilate) the current naming system for drives. However, is there anyway I can make drv1 (or at3) remain drv1 or at3 when I add more devices? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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