On Monday 03 January 2011 18:43:28 Jörg Schaible wrote: > Hi, > > starting with the 2.6.36-r5 kernel of the Gentoo sources my boot device > changes. With 2.6.35 and below it is alway /dev/sda3, with the new kernel > it seems that anything that is internally connected with USB is assigned a > device first. Since my computer has an internal media bay (and my monitor > has such a thing also) the first HD moves - it I take care it is now > /dev/sde3. However, if I forget to switch on the monitor and do this later > or if an USB stick is already plugged in at boot time, the HD gets a > different device number again. > > Can somebody else confirm such a behaviour with the 2.6.36 kernel and how > can this brought back to normal operation? > > - Jörg
One way to avoid USB-devices to be picked up before the kernel picks its boot- device is to put the USB-stuff as modules and have them loaded later. I haven't found a way to delay usb-device detection yet. -- Joost
