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Re: note on Dual G4 benh install vs. rescue ultra-ATA device

fleny68
Mon, 03 Nov 2003 13:30:59 -0800

Le Lundi 3 Novembre 2003 20:58, Ben Reser a écrit :
> > But recently I figured out what seems to be a strange quirk. The Ultra
> > drive shows up as /dev/hde when you boot the rescue CD with
> > 'install-gui-benh rescue text video=ofonly', but when I booted the
> > machine from the HD with the benh kernel, it shows up as /dev/hda. Odd.
>
> Could be as simple as a bootloader configuration that's changing the
> order it is seeing the IDE buses in.  Which order things are seen in is
> pretty much always subject to change.  Even moving a card from one slot
> to another can change it.
  
it's in the kernel configuration.
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_PMAC_ATA100FIRST=y

without ata100 give hde, with hda. As long as the first disk is usually hda, 
it's normal to leave y. AFAIR Changes are in /etc/yaboot.conf and in 
/etc/fstab. But when this driver was first in the kernel, it was tested after 
the normal ide ones. and gave hde.

The same paramater is in the 2.6.0

I suppose a boot with root=/dev/hdax and -s option permits changes yaboot.conf 
and fstab?

Regards,

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Fleny68