Sequence of SATA Devices

[James Wilkinson]

Harald Schwier wrote:
> I'm using Fedora Core 3, Kernel 2.6.12, with two Promise SATA Controllers.
> One 4 port onboard Promise controller and one 2 port Promise PCI Controller.
> The Kernel detects the PCI controller first and names the attached drive sda
> and sdb.
> The drives attached to the onboard controller are named sdc to sdf.
> 
> Is it possible to change this behaviour so that the drives attached to the
> onboard controller are recognised first?

Alexander Apprich wrote:
> Just a best guess, but I think this comes from the BIOS Boot device
> priority. Try switching it there...

If it isn't...

I'm assuming that the onboard four-port Promise controller is also
connected to the PCI bus. In which case, it might be possible to get it
detected after the on-board one by changing which PCI slot the two port
card is in.

In any case, I shouldn't worry about it too much. The device names
aren't particularly user-visible.

Have you manually specified any kernel parameters?

Hope this helps,

James.

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