From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 17 Jan 2001 05:21:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 17 Jan 2001 05:21:50 -0500 Received: from rcum.uni-mb.si ([164.8.2.10]:59661 "EHLO rcum.uni-mb.si") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 17 Jan 2001 05:21:36 -0500 Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 11:21:06 +0100 From: David Balazic Subject: Re: Linux not adhering to BIOS Drive boot order? To: "Dr. Kelsey Hudson" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-id: <3A657212.14DCDD17@uni-mb.si> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (WinNT; U) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Accept-Language: en Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Dr. Kelsey Hudson wrote : > On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Michael Meissner wrote: > > I'm an end-user, and I have 3 scsi-adapters of two different brands in my > > system. Many of the people using Linux in high end things like servers, > > etc. will have multiple scsi controlers. People are using Linux in lots of > > things from small embedded devices to large systems, and Linux needs to address > > needs in every area. > > see, thats where you and i disagree...I wouldn't call you an end user > based upon that fact. End users (IMO) are those people who sit back and > buy a PC and expect it to Just Work(tm). Servers, embedded devices, et al > (read: high-end applications) do not equate to end-user applications, > IMNSHO. Besides, *most* (and I say most because I've seen a sharp decline > in the mentality of Linux users as of late) people who are going to manage > a high-scale server are going to know what the hell they are doing in the > first place, so I highly doubt that the end-user argument holds merit > against this. > > Linux, whether you like it or not, is a full-scale UNIX. It takes a good > (read: talented) system administrator to manage any UNIX properly...A good > sysadmin reads documentation....Seems clear enough to me. But, then again, > this is coming from an experienced sysadmin so my opinion *must* be > biased. Recently my neighbor ( in no way a high-end user ) called me over, because his Linux setup wouldn't boot anymore. All he did was to add ( or maybe remove, can remember now ) a partition on his IDE disk. Linux assigned different device nodes to the partition as it did before the change, so it couldn't find its root-fs. The same problem exists with _all_ devices that are assigned in the "order I found them today" , like audio devices , network devices etc... BTW, where is the scsihosts= kernel parameter documented ? -- David Balazic -------------- "Be excellent to each other." - Bill & Ted - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/