Hi Paul, Paul Hartman wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Jörg Schaible <joerg.schai...@gmx.de> > wrote: >> Hi, >> >> starting with the 2.6.36-r5 kernel of the Gentoo sources my boot device >> changes. With 2.6.35 and below it is alway /dev/sda3, with the new kernel >> it seems that anything that is internally connected with USB is assigned >> a device first. Since my computer has an internal media bay (and my >> monitor has such a thing also) the first HD moves - it I take care it is >> now /dev/sde3. However, if I forget to switch on the monitor and do this >> later or if an USB stick is already plugged in at boot time, the HD gets >> a different device number again. >> >> Can somebody else confirm such a behaviour with the 2.6.36 kernel and how >> can this brought back to normal operation? > > Is it possible that your BIOS is changing device order? Do you have > USB device set to boot before HDD device? No, HD is first. But I'll recheck. - Jörg
