Problem with random disks mount sequence

[wwp]

Hello Mikkel,


On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:27:30 -0600 "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <mikkel at infinity-ltd.com> wrote:

> wwp wrote:
> > 
> > :)
> > 
> > And I insist, reminding that I get RANDOM order when I reboot.
> > Sometimes the internal is /dev/sda, sometimes not.
> > 
> I believe you. It should not be happening, but I am sure it is. At
> this point, I can only give guesses as to why. One thing you may
> want to make a note of - is the drive order consistently one way
> when doing a cold boot, and another when doing a warm boot? (Reboot)
> If so, it is possible that the USB drives have not spun up, or the
> electronics properly initialized on a cold boot. This would also be
> a possibility if the ordering was consistant on a warm boot, but
> random on a cold boot.

Thanks, your replies are precious to me, always provide elements of
understanding, if not of answer.

 
> > And, something that might be interesting:
> > 
> > - the initrd of my current kernel (2.6.23.8-63) DOES contain module
> > usb_storage
> > 
> > - the initrd of previous kernel (2.6.23.1-49) does NOT contain
> > usb_storage
> > 
> > Both kernels installed using `yum update`.
> > 
> > 
> This is definitely a bug. The usb_storage module should not be
> included in initrd on your machine.

Should I file a bug report for this?


Regards,

-- 
wwp
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