Problem with random disks mount sequence

[Alan Cox]

On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:40:55 +1030
Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 09:36 +0100, wwp wrote:
> > That still doesn't explain why the order of mounting (and of scsi
> > discovering?) is shuffled 
> 
> I'm sure it was explained somewhere in this thread.  The device names
> are named in the order that the BIOS discovers them.  If it checks the
> USB ports first, they get the names first.

The kernel order depends on the load order of drivers not the BIOS order.
The BIOS order information is there via the EDD interface and could in
theory be used to make links but afaik nobody uses it.

BIOS order is also far weaker than labels as it may change when a drive
fails or you swap a card.

Alan