Re: How do I force the SATA drive to be /dev/sda when IDE drive is present?

[Alan Cox <alan lxorguk ukuu org uk>]

On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:12:28 -0700
reikred gmail com wrote:

> I have an F7 system that has both a SATA drive and occasionally an IDE
> drive  connected to it. The problem is that when the IDE drive is
> connected, the system will make IDE=/dev/sda and SATA=/dev/sdb, and 
> screw up my boot process.
> 
> Is there a kernel command parameter or other simple method to get
> around this problem?

For a modern install the installer/initrd should already be using labels
for this. The kernel itself supports "root=/dev/whatever" as a boot option
too.