Re: Multiple scsi adapters, naming disks on scsi

Doug Ledford (dledford@redhat.com)
Thu, 25 Mar 1999 10:12:50 -0500

Marty Leisner wrote:
>
> I just bought a sytem with an ASUS with on-board scsi.
>
> The boot disk is /dev/sda (ID #6) (with redhat 5.2 [2.0.36]).
>
> For now, I'm using an NCR810 board to get at my narrow external
> devices.
>
> I have no problem doing an insmod and then doing what I want with
> the devices.
>
> But how do I automate this process? So I can mount the partitions
> on the NCR810 at boot time in /etc/fstab?
>
> 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).

Make your boot disk ID#0 instead of ID#6.

-- 
  Doug Ledford   <dledford@redhat.com>
   Opinions expressed are my own, but
      they should be everybody's.


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