IDE drives should be hda not sda? Terry ----- Original Message ----- From: Christopher Mocock <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Mon, 4/8/2008 15:41 To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Disk controller detection order Hi, Using revisor, I've composed a respin which uses my custom kernel package. Most of the systems I'm installing to have an IDE drive of 40-80GB and a bunch of SATA disks, either directly connected to the motherboard or via a 3Ware RAID card. My kickstart has something like the following: zerombr clearpart --all --drives=sda part /var/log --fstype ext3 --size=120 --ondisk=sda part / --fstype ext3 --size=10000 --ondisk=sda part swap --size=128 --grow --maxsize=256 --ondisk=sda So everything should get installed to sda, which I would hope would always be the first IDE disk. However, I'm finding that if I install to a system which has a 3Ware RAID card, the OS gets installed to the first SATA disk on the 3Ware. The %post script in my custom kernel rpms finds the UUID of /dev/sda1 by running /lib/udev/vol_id -u /dev/sda1 and then puts it as the root= parameter in grub.conf. When I then try to boot from my new installation, the system boots from the IDE disk, since that is configured as the first boot device in BIOS. Any ideas as to how I can reliably persuade anaconda that /dev/sda is the primary master IDE device rather than picking up the 3Ware SATA drives first? I noticed there's a --onbiosdisk option, but the docs don't make clear what this parameter should be. Thanks, -- Chris _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list ----------------------------------------- NOTICE: This message contains privileged and confidential information intended only for the addressee. If you have received this message in error you must not disseminate, copy or take action on it; please notify postmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Opinions expressed in this message are those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of Specsavers. Although this e-mail and any attachments are believed to be virus free, e-mail communications are not 100% secure and Specsavers makes no warranty that this message is secure or virus free. All references to Specsavers mean Specsavers Optical Group Limited or any member of the Specsavers Group of Companies. Nothing in this transmission shall or shall be deemed to constitute an offer or acceptance of an offer or otherwise have the effect of forming a contract by electronic communication. Your name and address may be stored to facilitate communications. _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
