From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: Promise sata disc sort order Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:56:42 +0900 Message-ID: <471DA93A.5010308@gmail.com> References: <200710071808.l97I8F0s029722@web1.roosit.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.198.189]:55846 "EHLO rv-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751462AbXJWH4u (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Oct 2007 03:56:50 -0400 Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k20so1417579rvb for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:56:49 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200710071808.l97I8F0s029722@web1.roosit.nl> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Marc Roos Cc: jgarzik@pobox.com, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Marc Roos wrote: > Jeff, > > Is there a way to bind the sd dives to the sata ports instead of available > harddrives? > > For instance > > Sda is port0 of sata controler0 > Sdb is port1 of sata controler0 > Sdc is port2 of sata controler0 > Sdd is port3 of sata controler0 > > If the disk on port2 fails and the system is rebooted. I want the disk on > port3 still be available under sdd and not changing to sdc. No. If you want persistent names, you need to use LABEL or UUID. -- tejun