How do I force the SATA drive to be /dev/sda when IDE drive is present?

Robert Karge rkargeconsulting at gmail.com
Wed Jun 18 12:26:45 UTC 2008


I had the same problem.

Go to your system setup and remove the IDE drive from the boot list and use
"Other" scsi for
the SATA drive. Problem over for me

good luck

On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 3:12 AM, <reikred at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have an F7 system that has both a SATA drive and occasionally an IDE
> drive  connected to it. The problem is that when the IDE drive is
> connected, the system will make IDE=/dev/sda and SATA=/dev/sdb, and screw
> up my boot process.
>
> Is there a kernel command parameter or other simple method to get
> around this problem?
>
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