Venkatesh Ramamurthy wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I have one issue which requires fix from the linux kernel.
> Initially i put a SCSI controller and install the OS on the drive connected
> to it. After installing the OS (on sda), the customer puts another SCSI
> controller. The BIOS for the first controller has BIOS enabled and for the
> second controller does not have the BIOS enabled.
>
> The linux loads the driver for the second controller first and assigns sda
> to it first , and the actual boot drive gets some sdX device node.
> >From the lilo prompt we can override it with root=/dev/sdX to boot to the
> correct drive and controller, but for a end -user using these cards, this is
> no fun.
>
>
> Can the linux kernel be changed in such a way that kernel will look for the
> actual boot drive and re-order the drives so that mounting can go on in the
> right order.
Name slippage is a horrible thing. That should be fixed first. The O/S
should get the device names right for every boot.
Thanks, Malahal.
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