Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 26 Mar 1999 23:07:49 +0000 (GMT) | From | Paul Jakma <> | Subject | Re: Multiple scsi adapters, naming disks on scsi |
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On Thu, 25 Mar 1999, Marty Leisner wrote:
Also, how do I specify which scsi ids become which disks? My boot disk is now ID #6 on the first scsi bus (its /dev/sda), I understand if I add a disk at ID #4, it will become /dev/sda. How do I modify this behavior (id #6 should stay /dev/sda).
check out richard gooch's devfs, which is a virtual /dev (virtual the way /proc is), and names scsi disks according to their physical location, rather than the the order they were located by the kernel at boot
so the scsi device on id4 always has the same /dev name, irregardless of what other devices you may or may not have attached. very useful.
http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~rgooch/linux/kernel-patches.html
regards,
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