nate wrote: > Jerry Geis wrote: > >> Hi guys, >> >> I have my driverdisk created and the files are on a USB pendrive. >> How do I make the USB pendrive /dev/sdb and not /dev/sda??? >> >> I am wanting the installation to take place on sda and the driver disk >> to be sdb? >> > > Try adjusting the IRQ settings in the bios so the disk > controller has a lower IRQ than the USB controller? > > it has nothing to do with the IRQ #, and everything to do with the PCI Bus Enumeration Order. and, linux's method of naming storage devices can be a real pain sometimes.