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skinp
Asked: 2011-02-18 07:55:14 +0800 CST

How to force hard drive device number (linux)?

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When adding a new drive, it took over /dev/sda1. Now my old drive is /dev/sda2 and it messes with the current fstab setup of the server. I know I can get away with using UUID or labels (what I just did), but I would still prefer having the primary drive take /dev/sda1...

So, how do I force a disk to take a particular device number?

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    The correct way is to use UUIDs. Its is especilay important if you use multipath.

    If you want to make /dev/sda be alvway specific drive, you will have to mess around with UDEV scripts. Personaly I think its not worth it.

    There are some good QA on this site about how to use udev.

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  2. As far as I know, the best way is to use UUIDs or labels as you have done, although you can use by-path to associate them by their interface.

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