On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:38:42 -0600 Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Alan Cox wrote: > > >>> That still doesn't explain why the order of mounting (and of scsi > >>> discovering?) is shuffled > >> I'm sure it was explained somewhere in this thread. The device names > >> are named in the order that the BIOS discovers them. If it checks the > >> USB ports first, they get the names first. > > > > The kernel order depends on the load order of drivers not the BIOS order. > > The BIOS order information is there via the EDD interface and could in > > theory be used to make links but afaik nobody uses it. > > > > BIOS order is also far weaker than labels as it may change when a drive > > fails or you swap a card. > > What do you call the drive partition when you are creating the label? The installer normally labels volumes ROOT USR HOME etc, you can change this and my partitions often get relabelled with suitably silly names.
