-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 01/29/08 12:09, Stuart Gall wrote: > Hello, > I have a problem with 4.0r2 (although it is probably not exclusive to > that release) > > On a number of systems with multiple sata controllers the controllers > come up in different orders (randomly on boot) the order is always the > same in lilo but gets changed sometimes by the time the kernel loads. > This has the effect of juggling the drives so mount does not work. > > I have seen this problem in a number of places on the net, the usual > solution posted is to mount by label rather than by drive. > > This is possible for EXT2/EXT3 but it is not possile AFAIKS for swap.
Swap partitions *can* have labels. You can also mount by UUID. > Also the reason these systems have multiple sata controllers is that > they have a raid partition. So also I am not sure how the md device > would handle having its disks moved around. > > Is there some way to force a particular controller, and hence disk, > ordering on the kernel ? > > For the moment, if these systems have to be shutdown. On reboot if the > order is wrong we get dumped to ramfs then we just ctrl-alt-delete > repeatedly until the order comes right and the system boots. > > I can not understand why the order would be random. > > I am using irqpoll kernel flag to boot these systems, otherwise we get > sda lost interrupt, not sure if that is relevant. > > TVMIA - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals, I'm a vegetarian because I hate vegetables!" unknown -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHn3afS9HxQb37XmcRAhk0AJ0UxT4VPZ51S1J8C6fp7lndRgVI4gCg4Jha f8/KTBSaai9Vs32vX/tNKsE= =6rOa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
