From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sander Subject: Re: Drives missing at boot Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 13:26:50 +0200 Message-ID: <20100706112650.GA28794@attic.humilis.net> References: <4C2F87C1.8000701@hardwarefreak.com> <4C2F9292.708@hardwarefreak.com> <4C31796C.8050209@kernel.org> <4C3271FF.9080308@gmail.com> Reply-To: sander@humilis.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from www.humilis.net ([82.95.169.224]:57002 "EHLO attic.humilis.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752794Ab0GFLg3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Jul 2010 07:36:29 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Mark Knecht Cc: Robert Hancock , Tejun Heo , Stan Hoeppner , Linux Kernel List , "linux-ide@vger.kernel.org" Mark Knecht wrote (ao): > On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Robert Hancock wrote: > > On some machines changing from IDE to AHCI messes up the boot order > > selection in the BIOS - you may have to switch to AHCI, save settings, > > reboot, go back into the BIOS and then make sure the disk boot order > > settings are correct (whatever drive grub is installed on needs to be > > first). > > That's a very interesting idea Robert. Thanks. > > I'll have to be careful. I have 5 identical drives in the machine so > figuring out which is which when I'm in BIOS might be a bit of a > trick. > > I'll give it a go and report back. You can install grub on the mbr of all disks and not worry about the order. Especially if you work with UUIDs. Sander -- Humilis IT Services and Solutions http://www.humilis.net