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On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Jörg Schaible <joerg.schaible@×××.de> wrote: |
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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 it |
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> seems that anything that is internally connected with USB is assigned a |
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> device first. Since my computer has an internal media bay (and my monitor |
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> has such a thing also) the first HD moves - it I take care it is now |
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> /dev/sde3. However, if I forget to switch on the monitor and do this later |
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> or if an USB stick is already plugged in at boot time, the HD gets a |
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> 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? |