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Hi Paul, |
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Paul Hartman wrote: |
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> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Jörg Schaible <joerg.schaible@×××.de> |
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>> Hi, |
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>> starting with the 2.6.36-r5 kernel of the Gentoo sources my boot device |
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>> changes. With 2.6.35 and below it is alway /dev/sda3, with the new kernel |
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>> it seems that anything that is internally connected with USB is assigned |
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>> a device first. Since my computer has an internal media bay (and my |
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>> monitor has such a thing also) the first HD moves - it I take care it is |
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>> now /dev/sde3. However, if I forget to switch on the monitor and do this |
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>> later or if an USB stick is already plugged in at boot time, the HD gets |
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>> a different device number again. |
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>> Can somebody else confirm such a behaviour with the 2.6.36 kernel and how |
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>> can this brought back to normal operation? |
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> Is it possible that your BIOS is changing device order? Do you have |
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> USB device set to boot before HDD device? |
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No, HD is first. But I'll recheck. |
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- Jörg |
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