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From: "Anthony E. Caudel" <tony.caudel@×××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: How does kernel determine drive order?
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:58:42
Message-Id: 472F56A9.7050909@sbcglobal.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: How does kernel determine drive order? by Stroller
1 Stroller wrote:
2 >
3 > On 5 Nov 2007, at 05:17, Jarry wrote:
4 >
5 >> Anthony E. Caudel wrote:
6 >>> How does the kernel (2.6.22) determine the order of SATA drives (sda,
7 >>> sdb, etc.) when it boots up?
8 >>
9 >> I just checked my computer, and sda is the drive plugged in
10 >> the first sata-port, and sdb the one in the second port
11 >> (according to the info in motherboard manual).
12 >>
13 >> Maybe it is something similar as with p-ata drives, where hda
14 >> is always the master drive on the first pata channel...
15 >
16 > What he said.
17 >
18 > But if you're having a problem with it, or want to change the driver
19 > order, then take a poke around in /etc/udev/rules.d/.
20 >
21 > Stroller.
22 But would this be relevant? The kernel boot order is set at boot time,
23 long before udev comes up.
24
25 Tony
26
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Re: [gentoo-user] OT: How does kernel determine drive order? Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>