How to predict drive number change for 7.3->8.1 upgrade?

[Oliver Fromme]

Freddie Cash <fjwcash at gmail.com> wrote:
 > On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 5:38 AM, Oliver Fromme <olli at lurza.secnetix.de> wrote:
 > > Remove "options ATA_STATIC_ID" from your kernel config
 > > before building the new kernel and rebooting.  Then your
 > > first disk will be ad0, no matter what controller and
 > > channel it is connected to.  Be sure to update your
 > > /etc/fstab file.
 > 
 > Problem with doing that (no ATA_STATIC_ID) is that if you change the
 > order that your PCI devices are enumerated, you will change the order
 > in which your disks are probed, and all your numbers change again.  :)
 >  And there's an option for this in every BIOS I've worked with.  Plus,
 > moving addon controllers from one slot to another will also re-number
 > your devices.

He wrote that it is a rented server with just one drive.
I don't see how the drive number could ever change under
these circustances.  So removing ATA_STATIC_ID is really
the easiest solution.

Best regards
   Oliver

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