Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 20:49:45 -0700 From: jbarbee@singular.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: what determines the drive number of disks? Message-ID: <4.1.19990614204434.00a59cf0@server7.singular.com>
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Hi, I used to have 1 drive, named da0, on adv0 (an advansys controller). I added 4 more drives on ncr0 (a symbios controller). I recompiled the kernel for ncr0 as well as da1..4. When I start up what used to be da0 is now da4. In the boot string I must type 0:da(4,a)kernel or the kernel can't mount root (i thought adding "root on da4" in the kernel fixes that). Even when I do startup, the fstab doesn't match the new hardware setup. What determines the disk number upon startup? How can I fix this? Should I just edit my fstab and set up a new default boot string, even though that seems silly? john. please cc me. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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