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Hi!

Just did a clean install of fvdw-sl-16 using 5.5 console and i had to switch slot 5 hd to slot 1 to make it work. Seems like 5.5 console is changing disks order and assuming slot 5 is sda. The first time i try to do this clean install, after all was done and booted, i was still using old firmware. Then i noticed that my install attempt was present on /dev/sde. I deleted all partitions on sda and sde just to make sure, did a new install and after reboot it didnt boot. So i moved disk on slot 5 (sde) to slot 1 and voilá.

Thanks for this feedback,
:scratch will have a look at the standalone kernel. It should use a memory map to set the device names to the bus slots just like the normal kernel.

I checked the code but it should be ok

Would it be possible for you to load the standalone kernel as supplied in fvdw-sl console 5.5 and post the output of the command

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dmesg

This output will show to which bus number the kernel assigns the drive letters
thkx

I completly forget about this. I had to load standalone kernel trying to deal with some raid5 problems. Dmesg can be found here: viewtopic.php?p=19405#p19405

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root@(none):/ # cat /proc/partitions
major minor  #blocks  name

   8        0  976762584 sde
   8        4          1 sde4
   8        5     835380 sde5
   8        6      64260 sde6
   8        7     514080 sde7
   8        8  973474740 sde8
   8       16  976762584 sdd
   8       20          1 sdd4
   8       21     835380 sdd5
   8       22      64260 sdd6
   8       23     514080 sdd7
   8       24  973474740 sdd8
   8       32  976762584 sdc
   8       36          1 sdc4
   8       37     835380 sdc5
   8       38      64260 sdc6
   8       39     514080 sdc7
   8       40  973474740 sdc8
   8       48  976762584 sdb
   8       52          1 sdb4
   8       53     835380 sdb5
   8       54      64260 sdb6
   8       55     514080 sdb7
   8       56  973474740 sdb8
   8       64  976762584 sda
   8       65     514080 sda1
   8       66     514080 sda2
   8       67     514080 sda3
   8       68          1 sda4
   8       69     835380 sda5
   8       70      64260 sda6
   8       71     514080 sda7
   8       72  973482772 sda8
root@(none):/ #


sde contains firmware, but when it boots sde becomes sda.

Indeed Lacie uses a custom settings for block dev.

So from your output, the kernel fails to restore the disk map (sde => sda,...) and something must be deepen on this side.

Maybe this helps also:

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root@(none):/ # fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sde: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks  Id System
/dev/sde1               9          72      514080  83 Linux
/dev/sde2              73         136      514080  83 Linux
/dev/sde3             137         200      514080  82 Linux swap
/dev/sde4             201      121601   975153532+  5 Extended
/dev/sde5             209         312      835380  83 Linux
/dev/sde6             321         328       64260  83 Linux
/dev/sde7             337         400      514080  83 Linux
/dev/sde8             409      121601   973482772+ fd Linux raid autodetect

Disk /dev/sdd: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks  Id System
/dev/sdd4             201      121600   975145500   5 Extended
/dev/sdd5             209         312      835380  83 Linux
/dev/sdd6             321         328       64260  83 Linux
/dev/sdd7             337         400      514080  83 Linux
/dev/sdd8             409      121600   973474740  fd Linux raid autodetect

Disk /dev/sdc: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks  Id System
/dev/sdc4             201      121600   975145500   5 Extended
/dev/sdc5             209         312      835380  83 Linux
/dev/sdc6             321         328       64260  83 Linux
/dev/sdc7             337         400      514080  83 Linux
/dev/sdc8             409      121600   973474740  fd Linux raid autodetect

Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks  Id System
/dev/sdb4             201      121600   975145500   5 Extended
/dev/sdb5             209         312      835380  83 Linux
/dev/sdb6             321         328       64260  83 Linux
/dev/sdb7             337         400      514080  83 Linux
/dev/sdb8             409      121600   973474740  fd Linux raid autodetect

Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks  Id System
/dev/sda4             201      121600   975145500   5 Extended
/dev/sda5             209         312      835380  83 Linux
/dev/sda6             321         328       64260  83 Linux
/dev/sda7             337         400      514080  83 Linux
/dev/sda8             409      121600   973474740  fd Linux raid autodetect