Hello, > > I'm using Fedora Core 3, Kernel 2.6.12, with two Promise SATA Controllers. > > One 4 port onboard Promise controller and one 2 port Promise PCIController. > > The Kernel detects the PCI controller first and names the attached drive sda > > and sdb. > > The drives attached to the onboard controller are named sdc to sdf. > > The current thinking is that the sdX names should be avoided, e.g., in > fstab, so that even if you add and remove drives the remaining partitions get mounted > in the same place. The drives are not mounted. > > Is it possible to change this behaviour so that the drives attached to the > > onboard controller are recognised first? > > Why do you care? The machine performs disk dumps from one drive to x drives. The master-drive must always be sda. The onboard controller is much faster then the pci controller thus it should be used first. Harald 1 Million Singles in Ihrer Nahe. Finden Sie Ihren Traumpartner bei Deutschlands beliebtester Partnerboerse: http://singles.freenet.de/index.html?pid=11512
