On Wednesday 21 October 2009 17:50:36 Tom Horsley wrote: > On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:24:52 -0400 > > Gene Czarcinski wrote: > > Can someone explain how anaconda figures out boot/disk order and is there > > some guarantee that the algorithm will not change between Fedora > > releases? > > I can't answer any of your other questions, but because I have watched > it over many releases, I can guarantee that the disk order is > randomly changed in just about every release :-(. > Yes, I noticed. I really do not understand the problem with anaconda. I did a "quick" test: bootup the distribution DVD in rescue mode for Fedora 8, Fedora 9, Fedora 11, and Fedora 12-Beta. After bootup do: cat /proc/scsi/scsi On Fedora 8 and Fedora 9, the DVD drive was the first listed (scsi0) whereas on Fedora 11 and Fedora 12-Beta the DVD drive was the last listed (scsi4). For the three disk drives, they were in the same order as shown by the BIOS -- 1.5TB disk first followed by the 1.0 TB disks. The important thing is that the order was identical in all cases. So, if /proc/scsi/scsi can be created correctly, why can't anaconda do it? -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list