Problem with random disks mount sequence
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Wed Dec 12 16:38:42 UTC 2007
Alan Cox wrote:
>>> That still doesn't explain why the order of mounting (and of scsi
>>> discovering?) is shuffled
>> I'm sure it was explained somewhere in this thread. The device names
>> are named in the order that the BIOS discovers them. If it checks the
>> USB ports first, they get the names first.
>
> The kernel order depends on the load order of drivers not the BIOS order.
> The BIOS order information is there via the EDD interface and could in
> theory be used to make links but afaik nobody uses it.
>
> BIOS order is also far weaker than labels as it may change when a drive
> fails or you swap a card.
What do you call the drive partition when you are creating the label?
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Les Mikesell
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