From: Werner Almesberger <Werner.Almesberger@epfl.ch>
To: "Dr. Kelsey Hudson" <kernel@blackhole.compendium-tech.com>
Cc: "'linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org'" <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>,
"'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux not adhering to BIOS Drive boot order?
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 20:22:22 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010117202222.B4979@almesberger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1355693A51C0D211B55A00105ACCFE64E95191@ATL_MS1> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0101161154580.17397-100000@sol.compendium-tech.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0101161154580.17397-100000@sol.compendium-tech.com>; from kernel@blackhole.compendium-tech.com on Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 12:01:12PM -0800
[ Ccs trimmed ]
Dr. Kelsey Hudson wrote:
> *single* scsi adapter in their systems? do we need to bloat the kernel
> with automatic things like this? no... i think it is handled fine the way
"no", because you don't have to do it in the kernel. You can mount by
uuid or label. For the root FS, you do this from an initrd. Problem
solved.
The only cases when you really need to know the name of a disk is when
- doing disk-level management, e.g. partitioning or creating file
systems (*)
- adding a swap partition (sigh)
- telling your boot loader where to put its boot sector
(* in principle, you could even avoid this, if you have some means of
identifying a disk (e.g. via the uuid of a file system). However,
I would consider such a solution to be overly fragile.)
- Werner
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Thread overview: 89+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-01-16 16:43 Linux not adhering to BIOS Drive boot order? Venkatesh Ramamurthy
2001-01-16 20:01 ` Dr. Kelsey Hudson
2001-01-16 20:37 ` Michael Meissner
2001-01-16 21:01 ` Andi Kleen
2001-01-16 21:23 ` Michael Meissner
2001-01-16 23:32 ` J . A . Magallon
2001-01-17 0:05 ` Dr. Kelsey Hudson
2001-01-17 0:42 ` Michael Meissner
2001-01-17 2:14 ` Peter Samuelson
2001-01-17 17:22 ` Michael Meissner
2001-01-17 18:41 ` Douglas Gilbert
2001-01-17 9:45 ` Ishikawa
2001-01-17 15:45 ` J . A . Magallon
2001-01-16 23:51 ` Dr. Kelsey Hudson
2001-01-17 19:22 ` Werner Almesberger [this message]
2001-01-17 20:32 ` Matti Aarnio
2001-01-17 20:46 ` Werner Almesberger
2001-01-17 21:26 ` Dr. Kelsey Hudson
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-01-18 16:55 David Balazic
2001-01-18 19:49 ` Tim Fletcher
2001-01-18 16:36 Andries.Brouwer
2001-01-18 11:01 David Balazic
2001-01-18 11:35 ` Tim Fletcher
2001-01-18 13:01 ` Xavier Bestel
2001-01-18 14:03 ` Tim Fletcher
2001-01-17 11:04 David Balazic
2001-01-17 10:56 David Balazic
2001-01-17 10:48 David Balazic
2001-01-17 23:23 ` Andreas Dilger
2001-01-18 10:14 ` David Balazic
2001-01-17 10:21 David Balazic
2001-01-17 10:28 ` Boszormenyi Zoltan
2001-01-16 22:54 Venkatesh Ramamurthy
2001-01-16 20:35 Venkatesh Ramamurthy
2001-01-16 20:14 Venkatesh Ramamurthy
2001-01-16 20:30 ` Dr. Kelsey Hudson
2001-01-16 21:18 ` Andreas Dilger
2001-01-17 15:33 ` Mike Porter
2001-01-17 16:16 ` James Bottomley
2001-01-17 17:07 ` Craig Ruff
2001-01-18 12:50 ` Peter Samuelson
2001-01-18 17:59 ` idalton
2001-01-18 18:14 ` Peter Samuelson
2001-01-18 20:53 ` Matti Aarnio
2001-01-18 22:55 ` David Weinehall
2001-01-16 17:39 Venkatesh Ramamurthy
2001-01-16 17:58 ` David Woodhouse
2001-01-16 21:11 ` Andreas Dilger
2001-01-17 9:38 ` David Woodhouse
2001-01-17 9:55 ` Jeff Garzik
2001-01-17 10:19 ` Andreas Dilger
2001-01-17 10:02 ` David Woodhouse
2001-01-19 1:17 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-01-17 10:12 ` Andreas Dilger
2001-01-17 23:19 ` Russell King
2001-01-17 19:50 ` Werner Almesberger
2001-01-17 20:43 ` Andreas Dilger
2001-01-18 0:14 ` Tim Fletcher
2001-01-18 0:39 ` Andreas Dilger
2001-01-18 0:59 ` Tim Fletcher
2001-01-18 9:41 ` Helge Hafting
2001-01-16 17:30 Bryan Henderson
2001-01-16 17:04 David Balazic
[not found] <Venkateshr@ami.com>
2001-01-16 16:56 ` Venkatesh Ramamurthy
2001-01-16 19:52 ` John Summerfield
2001-01-16 16:51 Venkatesh Ramamurthy
2001-01-16 17:09 ` Honza Pazdziora
2001-01-16 16:46 Venkatesh Ramamurthy
2001-01-16 16:35 Venkatesh Ramamurthy
2001-01-16 17:04 ` Brian Gerst
2001-01-16 17:24 ` Eddie Williams
2001-01-16 18:22 ` Timur Tabi
2001-01-16 19:18 ` Matthew D. Pitts
2001-01-16 19:54 ` Christopher Friesen
2001-01-16 21:04 ` Timur Tabi
2001-01-16 22:51 ` Peter Samuelson
2001-01-16 16:31 Venkatesh Ramamurthy
2001-01-16 16:53 ` Eddie Williams
2001-01-16 19:48 ` John Summerfield
2001-01-16 16:19 Venkatesh Ramamurthy
2001-01-16 16:23 ` Florent Cueto
2001-01-16 16:31 ` Brian Gerst
2001-01-16 16:40 ` Dominik Kubla
2001-01-16 15:49 Venkatesh Ramamurthy
2001-01-16 16:06 ` David Woodhouse
2001-01-16 16:27 ` Arjan van de Ven
2001-01-16 16:40 ` Matthias Andree
2001-01-16 16:45 ` Douglas Gilbert
2001-01-16 17:38 ` Malahal Rao Naineni
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