Re: Random sd* devices numbering
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Marco De Vitis wrote:
> Hi, I'm configuring Etch (kernel 2.6) on a machine which has a builtin
> Intel ICH7 SATA controller (I'm using two HDs in software RAID on it),
> plus an Areca PCI-X SATA RAID controller (4 HDs in hardware RAID), plus
> a LSI PCI-X SCSI controller (connected to an external storage unit).
>
> It all works, but the problem is that the devices are more or less
> randomly named at boot, i.e. the Areca device is sometimes /dev/sda,
> other times sdb, or even sdd, so using device names in fstab or
> elsewhere is dangerous.
>
> I've googled a bit and found out about the "scsihosts" kernel boot
> parameter, but it doesn't seem to work.
> So, for the moment, I've worked around the problem by assigning labels
> to the partitions and mounting them in fstab using the label references.
>
> Isn't there a better way? Isn't there a way to be sure that the devices
> order will always be the same?
Sounds to me like a call for udev. Naming the disks by UUID should
solve your problem. Exactly how do you implement it? Don't know.
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