From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 4 11:44:45 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0CB21065676 for ; Sat, 4 Feb 2012 11:44:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from juvix88@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wi0-f182.google.com (mail-wi0-f182.google.com [209.85.212.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 846B58FC08 for ; Sat, 4 Feb 2012 11:44:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wibhn14 with SMTP id hn14so5104236wib.13 for ; Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:44:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=izzlGN3Mn/7x+4UUUykToVuuoGHqkVj4iQdujfqIQ+U=; b=vMoYwvbuvgQKSy9Yz3IOenIK0n5hkMhwJ19hgsV/xb4nsZXU5u4d0mMu9xska9cXEU C/lKGyd28tYCjJXpYAKcf45FEZCDVG8mI3MXl4QGn1hlhw/246zvOgk0fDp0aw3VvWKQ BoS+7JurV8U3X2a83fmEl18Kcc98RbP7N8KRQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.82.39 with SMTP id f7mr4023622wiy.19.1328355882635; Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:44:42 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.180.100.195 with HTTP; Sat, 4 Feb 2012 03:44:42 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.180.100.195 with HTTP; Sat, 4 Feb 2012 03:44:42 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <201202040953.19456.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> References: <20120203231847.5279be28@cox.net> <201202040953.19456.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 06:44:42 -0500 Message-ID: From: Jonathan Vomacka To: Mike Clarke Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: "Conrad J. Sabatier" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fixating USB Storage X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:44:45 -0000 On Feb 4, 2012 4:54 AM, "Mike Clarke" wrote: > > On Saturday 04 February 2012, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > > > I don't know if anyone else has already mentioned it to you in > > response to this question, but I just very recently switched over to > > using volume labels to mount my partitions instead of device names. > > I was having an ongoing issue where this external USB drive's device > > number assignment would change from one boot to the next, toggling > > back and forth between da0 and da4 (strange!). > > Sounds similar to my experience. Normally my internal 4 slot memory card > reader is assigned devices da[0-3] and when the USB memory stick is > inserted it comes up as da4. If the USB stick is present on booting > then it appears as da0 and the card reader is da[1-4]. So it looks like > occupied slots are given priority when numbers are assigned at boot > time. > > -- > Mike Clarke > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Do you know if it is different with zfs system?