Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 13:36:00 +0200 From: Ladavac Marino <mladavac@metropolitan.at> To: "'jbarbee@singular.com'" <jbarbee@singular.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: what determines the drive number of disks? Message-ID: <55586E7391ACD211B9730000C110027617966D@r-lmh-wi-100.corpnet.at>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: jbarbee@singular.com [SMTP:jbarbee@singular.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 5:50 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: what determines the drive number of disks? > > Hi, > > I used to have 1 drive, named da0, on adv0 (an advansys controller). > > I added 4 more drives on ncr0 (a symbios controller). > > I recompiled the kernel for ncr0 as well as da1..4. > > When I start up what used to be da0 is now da4. In the boot string > I > must type 0:da(4,a)kernel or the kernel can't mount root (i thought > adding > "root on da4" in the kernel fixes that). Even when I do startup, the > fstab > doesn't match the new hardware setup. > > What determines the disk number upon startup? How can I fix this? > Should I just edit my fstab and set up a new default boot string, even > though that seems silly? [ML] The probe order of the controllers, and then the ID and LUN numbers. You can wire down the devices--take a look at LINT, there is an example. Specifically, root on anything will not help, and is deprecated. /Marino > john. > please cc me. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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