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Re: sata0 is not sda
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Orion Poplawski <[log in to unmask]>
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Orion Poplawski <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:33:37 -0700
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On 02/18/2013 02:01 PM, Ken Teh wrote:
> During a kickstart install, how are drives mapped?  I notice that sata0
> is not always sda.  This is especially true when there are very large
> drives in the mix.

The sd* letters are simply handed out in order of enumeration and, as 
you noted, is not deterministic.  If you need that, use the 
/dev/disk/by-{id,label,path,uuid} labels.


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