From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HQo6l-000067-Lr for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:14:52 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l2CHBCER001068; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:11:12 GMT Received: from platinum.cryos.net (platinum.cryos.net [195.242.214.61]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l2CHBCFb001044 for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:11:12 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by platinum.cryos.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABC0612CFDF for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:11:11 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at cryos.net Received: from platinum.cryos.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (platinum.cryos.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id dku1ltAr+E5C for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:11:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ns0.cryos.net (ns0.cryos.net [217.155.144.221]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by platinum.cryos.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40140374B for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:11:09 +0000 (GMT) From: "Marcus D. Hanwell" To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Drive asignments for sata drives Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:11:03 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 References: <45F5823D.2080708@singnet.com.sg> <20070312170009.GA13105@sgi.com> In-Reply-To: <20070312170009.GA13105@sgi.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2780860.fiKBZ8SHI7"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200703121711.08461.cryos@gentoo.org> X-Archives-Salt: 08bc570c-2387-46a2-87e8-e43eb677bb0f X-Archives-Hash: c8de4d4b35d331437624135de130b0c9 --nextPart2780860.fiKBZ8SHI7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Monday 12 March 2007 17:00:09 Bob Sanders wrote: > P.V.Anthony, mused, then expounded: > > Currently in the fstab the boot and root partitions are set and working > > great. Once a new sata drive connected, the drive assignments change. > > Initially the / (root) is /dev/sda2. Once another sata drive is added > > the / (root) becomes say /dev/sdb2. > > > > Is there any way that this can be fixed even when more drives are added > > or removed? > > Typically, on the same controller, the lowest numbered port becomes the > first drive. The description of the symptom leads me to believe that > your /dev/sda drive is attached to port 2 instead of being attached to > port 1. Have you tried moving your SATA cable to a different port? > I had the same problem and despite my existing drive being connected to wha= t=20 was labelled on the motherboard as SATA1 it in fact was not! Trial and erro= r=20 gave me the correct one... It would be useful if the nodes were more fixed= =20 but most systems do not change after initial set up and this situation can = be=20 fixed quite easily. --nextPart2780860.fiKBZ8SHI7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBF9YmszgRsaX1BF70RAn6PAKCD1JlZNAc85SE+ayPASOCPRSB+RgCdFmgf Suz2679wUpGhCQVoA7yyDoY= =tAHz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2780860.fiKBZ8SHI7-- -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list