Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 04:15:08 -0700 From: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot chapter.sgml Message-ID: <20010911111513.CC1D93E28@bazooka.unixfreak.org> In-Reply-To: <24519.1000131281@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>; from sheldonh@starjuice.net on "Mon, 10 Sep 2001 16:14:41 %2B0200"
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Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> wrote: > > > On Mon, 10 Sep 2001 04:52:03 MST, Dima Dorfman wrote: > > > Modified files: > > en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot chapter.sgml > > Log: > > ad2 is the first disk on the second IDE controller. > > So in this context, a form of static device numbering is in effect? I > didn't realize that. As jhb pointed out, only with ATA_STATIC_IDS (or something); however, that option *is* in GENERIC, and for lack of an explanation, ad2 would seem to be more common than ad4. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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