Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 21 Aug 1998 21:14:44 +1000 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: Is it possible to assign SCSI device names? |
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getrpml@terrorist.math.ntu.edu.tw writes: > Ladies and Gentlemen: > > I remember reading a proposal to do something similar to what > I desire. Has anything taken place w.r.t. that suggestion? > > My problem: > > I have an AHA-3985 3-channel SCSI-2 RAID controller. It seems > to be equivalent to three separate AHA-2940's with three AIC7870 chip > channels and the AIC7810 chip is unused. I have several (narrow) SCSI > drives, a CD-ROM, a CD-RW, and an 230MB MO drive. The machine is fine > and working hard at the moment, but the problem is that my MO drive is > in an external enclosure and is sometimes used with other machines. > > * Since only the A channel on the AHA-3985 has an external 50 > pin connector, I have to connect my MO to the A channel. > > * Since I want to split up my hard drives between the channels > AND the kernel always scan the A channel before the B and C > channels, the MO appears as /dev/sdb when it is in use, and > pushes my next hard drives into /dev/sdc and /dev/sdd. But > When the MO is not there, the hard drives become sdb/sdc. > > * Is there some way I could rearrange the names of devices? > I feel particularly compelled because I want to experiment > with soft RAID devices. > > * Rest of my stuff: dual PPro 200, SuperMicro P6DNE, 192MB, > cheap SB16 clone sound, cheap generic NE2000 ISA NIC.
Grab the devfs patch from: http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~rgooch/linux/kernel-patches.html
Regards,
Richard....
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