Re: x345/qla2200 - boot sequence changes on attaching external storage.

From: John-Paul Stewart (jpstewart_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: 08/30/03 

Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 11:36:36 -0400

bummer wrote:
>
> we have x345 which has 5i Raid controller and a qla2200 Fibre card that
> hooks up to external storage.
>
> we built the system without the external storage ad the raid array local
> to the box was sda1 where the OS (RH) is installed. later when all said
> and done we attached the storage to the qla2200 card and rebooted. the
> external storage has became sda1 and the original internal array has
> become sdb1.
>
> so the question is how can i prevent this change from happening.

Your best best is probably the "scsihosts" kernel parameter at boot
time. Use that to tell the kernel to load driver for the 5i first then
the qla driver. That way the array on the 5i will still be sda.