>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Rundle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Peter> Can anybody shed any light on how hardware (block) devices are Peter> mapped to /dev/ entries in Linux. In the bad old days of System Peter> V if you had a device on say It's simply the order they're scanned in. sda -- the first disc found sdb -- the second disc found. sdc -- the third disc found etc. Most SCSI HBA drivers scan from low scsi address to high, some scan the other way, and some are configurable. Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au The technical we do immediately, the political takes *forever* -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
