Problem with random disks mount sequence

[Les Mikesell]

Alan Cox 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.

What do you call the drive partition when you are creating the label?

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