Bos wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I have a Q regarding "disk/drive order" in OS.
>
> I have one WD Raptor 74 GB, attached to the first nForce4 SATA slot.
>
> I have two additional 80 GB Seagate drives, attached to the (nForce4)
> third, and fourth SATA slots.
>
> My "problem" is this :
>
> In Win XP Pro SP2, the WD Raptor appears as drive no 3 in Disk
> management, the other two as drive no 1 & 2 (with C:, D: and so on the
> right drive).
>
> In Knoppix 3.8, the drives get listed in the same strange order,
> the SLOT1 WD Raptor as SDC and the other two as SDA and SDB...
>
> What is going on here ?
> Have I missed something ?
> What happends to my "soon to be Gentoo" on the raptor the day when I
> add a new disk ?
> Is it going to move to SDD ?
>
> Bios reports: (I think it is on version 1006)
> First SATA device = WD Raptor
> Third and Fourth SATA = Seagate ...
>
> Would be very nice if someone could explain this to me
> //Bos
I believe that essentially the two halves of the nForce4 SATA controller
get recognized as two separate devices, which could show up in either
order. This shouldn't really affect anything..
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