Re: Linux not adhering to BIOS Drive boot order?

[Malahal Rao Naineni]

Venkatesh Ramamurthy wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I have one issue which requires fix from the linux kernel. 
> Initially i put a SCSI controller and install the OS on the drive connected
> to it. After installing the OS (on sda), the customer puts another SCSI
> controller. The BIOS for the first controller has BIOS enabled and for the
> second controller does not have the BIOS enabled. 
> 
> The linux loads the driver for the second controller first and assigns sda
> to it first , and the actual boot drive gets some sdX device node. 
> >From the lilo prompt we can override it with root=/dev/sdX to boot to the
> correct drive and controller, but for a end -user using these cards, this is
> no fun.
> 
> 
> Can the linux kernel be changed in such a way that kernel will look for the
> actual boot drive and re-order the drives so that mounting can go on in the
> right order.

Name slippage is a horrible thing. That should be fixed first. The O/S
should get the device names right for every boot.

Thanks, Malahal.