On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 02:22:18PM +0200, elias r. wrote:
> Am 10/20/2009 11:31 AM, schrieb Joachim Schipper:
> >On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 02:12:30PM +0200, elias r. wrote:
> >>The box has an internal card reader (...) sd0, then (..) a
> >>crypto-softraid device sd1 (bioctl -c C) and also an external backup
> >>disk (sd2) which has also an encrypted partition on it (sd3).
> >>
> >>the problem is: if i reboot the server the usb-disk is identified as
> >>sd1 and from this point on the device-numbering is going wrong...
> >>
> >>is there a way to tell bioctl or the whole scsi-system that it
> >>should attach the device at a specific devicename?
> >>(e.g. always sd2 for the backup-disk, always sd1 for the first
> >>softraid-device).
> >
> >Not that I am aware of, but can't you just mount the encrypted disks as
> >sd2 and sd3?
>
> what do you mean?
> the problem is, that if something is mounted at a wrong place (or
> i've got an additional usb-device attached) the whole numbering gets
> messed up and nothing is mounted correctly.
>
> this is why i am asking if it's not possible to force a devicename
> upon a device!
I was babbling nonsense. Sorry for the noise.
I am afraid that I don't know of a way to do what you ask.
Joachim
