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* SATAII150 TX4 Disk ordering (Was: Promise SATAII150 TX4: strange disk ordering)
@ 2006-12-22 11:31 Peter Rabbitson
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From: Peter Rabbitson @ 2006-12-22 11:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hello. I have stumbled upon the problem described more than a year ago 
in http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-ide@vger.kernel.org/msg01743.html 
It manifested itself in a very unpleasant way while trying to sort out a 
damaged GRUB installation. As GRUB relies on BIOS device numbering 
rather than linux kernel device numbering (there is no kernel at that 
stage) writing a manual boot stanza took a number of trial and errors. I 
just wanted to drop my 2 cents by pointing a use case when this mismatch 
is a real pain. The above URL was the only info I was able to find on 
google, so I assume no further work has been done on this.
This is a non-production system so I can help with any tests necessary 
to get the ordering right, if anyone decides to work on the driver. 

Thanks

Peter

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