Subject: Re: Another Mac IIsi install
To: None <holcomb@cray-ymp.acm.stuorg.vt.edu>
From: John Wittkoski <jpw@insoft2.insoft.com>
List: macbsd-general
Date: 10/21/1994 07:58:14
> This is completely normal. The first scsi device found will map
> to sd0, the second device found will map to sd1, etc.
>
> Example: suppose a given system has these SCSI devices
>
> SCSI ID device
> ------- ------
> 0 sd0
> 2 sd1
> 4 sd2
> 5 sd3
Ok. But the possible problem I see is this: Let's say you add a new 5GB
hard drive so that you can compile even more stuff. :-) You choose to use
scsi id 1 for the new device. Now the mapping will look like this:
0 sd0
1 sd1
2 sd2
4 sd3
5 sd4
So you have to remake your fstab entries to reflect the new mapping.
Of course, this wouldn't happen if you choose scsi id 6 for the new drive.
The other platforms I've worked on just map scsi id X to sdX, and that is
what I was expecting here. I'm not saying this is a big problem or
anything, it just confused me when I first tried to get everything working.
--John
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