Matt wrote: >> The only problems with switching after install is: >> >> 1) you need to be sure the initrd has the (proper) SATA kernel module(s) >> in it. If necessary, you'll have to use mkinitrd to re-create the >> initrd file to include the proper driver modules. >> >> 2) /etc/fstab needs to be fixed, either to use LABEL= (rather than >> /dev/hdaN) and your file systems (including swap) need to have file >> sytem labels. (LVM volumes won't be a problem.) >> > > I changed it in bios to sata mode. Now after boot up it calls it sda > instead of hda and disk I/O is much faster. > > I see in this file: > > # cat /boot/grub/device.map > # this device map was generated by anaconda > (hd0) /dev/hda > > Should I change this too sda? It works and boots the way it is but > just wandering? > No - I believe grub just refers to hd as hard drive and this does not relate to /dev/sda or /dev/hda > Here is fstab: > > # cat /etc/fstab > /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults 1 1 > LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 > tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 > devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 > sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 > proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 > /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > Matt > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: rkampen.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 196 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20100822/d29b7be4/attachment-0005.vcf>