> > Is there a method to the madness? > > This is why we use disk labels or UUIDs instead of device names. With > changes like this in the kernel and especially with machines with > removable drives, or machines using fancy multipath storage, > it's nearly > impossible to reliably predict exactly what order the drives will be > found in. > > So the solution is: just give the partitions names instead. Then it > doesn't matter if your FC6 root drive is sda1 or sdb1 or hdc1, it's > always LABEL=fc6_root. If you say "mount LABEL=fc6_root /fc6" > it will Do > The Right Thing. > > So, in short, it doesn't matter how the two FC7 systems will > detect the > new drive, so long as you give it a useful label. > I have been trying to get a handle on how this works to see if I can break it. Replacing the IDE drivers with something radically different is playing with fire. I have a SCSI card laying around somewhere I may put in the test machine just to see what that does. (This is the fedora-test-list right?) Bob Styma Phoenix, AZ -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list