From owner-freebsd-current Wed Mar 3 4:41:36 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from axl.noc.iafrica.com (axl.noc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCC9414BD4 for ; Wed, 3 Mar 1999 04:40:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.noc.iafrica.com) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.noc.iafrica.com) by axl.noc.iafrica.com with local-esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 10IAwI-000KbJ-00; Wed, 3 Mar 1999 14:39:50 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Cejka Rudolf Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org (freebsd-current@freebsd.org), sos@freebsd.dk Subject: Re: ATAPI and ATAPI_STATIC with the new ATA* driver? In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 03 Mar 1999 13:13:10 +0100." <199903031213.NAA23816@kazi.dcse.fee.vutbr.cz> Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 14:39:50 +0200 Message-ID: <79192.920464790@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 03 Mar 1999 13:13:10 +0100, Cejka Rudolf wrote: > It's really frustrating if I add new drive (anywhere on the busses) and > other drives change their numbers - it's good base for big troubles > (infinite changing /etc/fstab and so on). Fair enough. But in real life, you don't add a new drive "anywhere on the busses". You know _exactly_ which controller you're attaching the drive to, and you know whether the drive is the master or the slave. This information is enough for you to figure out _exactly_ where in the probing the drive will be "spotted" and numbered. I'm not sure I understand what real-world frustrations people are having here. Is this thread the product of reactionary criticism, or are there real examples of situations in which there are serious disadvantages to the way Soren has things working? Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message