[SLL] /dev/sd names not in motherboard order

Mathew D. Watson watson at visiongate3d.com
Mon Mar 2 09:56:29 PST 2009


Paul Franz wrote:
> On Mon, March 2, 2009 7:22 am, Mathew D. Watson wrote:
>> With one drive at each of SATA1, SATA2, and SATA3, their /dev/sd names
>> become sda, sdc, and sdb respectively.
>>              /
>> out of order
>>
>> Finally, the motherboard connectors are physically positioned in the
>> following order. SATA1, SATA3, SATA2, SATA4.
> 
> Looks like they are labeled incorrectly. Seems to me the order should be marked
> 
> SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4
> 
> Wouldn't that solve the problem?
> 

Yup. That would solve the problem. At least the system would work as I 
think it should. On the other hand, I have a nagging feeling that more 
is at play here.

M


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