Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 5 Apr 1999 21:56:24 +1000 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: SCSI problem with 2.2.3 |
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Alan Cox writes: > > I have put linux on sdc but now have a nasty problem: sdc never becomes > > "drive 3" (0x82) because sdb isn't installed by the BIOS. Trying to lilo > > it results in a disk which cannot be booted (not that I have been able to > > yet anyway). > > Read the lilo manual carefully. Especially the bit about disk declarations. > You can do it > > > Can I "wire down" sdb to be the 9GB HDD in the kernel config or tell linux > > to make the ZIP drive something other than sdb ? (If I can't wired down > > If you want to reorder them then a simple way is to change the scsi ids > > > SCSI addresses to specific drive names then I'd suggest someone take that > > scsiinfo generates a Solaris style link far for disks. You just run it early > in boot and then only the boot/rootfs stuff is tied to disk order.
Of course, with devfs you don't have to worry about this and mounting the rootFS also works.
Regards,
Richard....
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