Linux not adhering to BIOS Drive boot order?
Quoted 17 lines · Dr. Kelsey Hudson
Quoted 5 lines · Michael Meissner
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.
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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 ?
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Quoted 1 line · David Balazic
BTW, where is the scsihosts= kernel parameter documented ?
linux/Documentation/filesystems/devfs/README
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Zoltan Boszormenyi
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