From owner-freebsd-current Tue Mar 2 16: 2:21 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from speed.rcc.on.ca (radio163.mipps.net [205.189.197.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9878814E01 for ; Tue, 2 Mar 1999 16:02:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from idiotswitch@beer.com) Received: from a35 ([207.164.233.115]) by speed.rcc.on.ca (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id UAA02681; Tue, 2 Mar 1999 20:16:00 -0500 Message-ID: <000601be6508$9d784040$2300000a@a35.my.intranet> Reply-To: "IdiotSwitch Editor" From: "IdiotSwitch Editor" To: , "Sheldon Hearn" Subject: ATAPI Drive & Naming System Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 18:58:46 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3155.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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