From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 16:01:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 16:01:44 -0500 Received: from Cantor.suse.de ([194.112.123.193]:782 "HELO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 16:01:38 -0500 Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 22:01:25 +0100 From: Andi Kleen To: Michael Meissner Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux not adhering to BIOS Drive boot order? Message-ID: <20010116220125.A10985@gruyere.muc.suse.de> In-Reply-To: <1355693A51C0D211B55A00105ACCFE64E95191@ATL_MS1> <20010116153757.A1609@munchkin.spectacle-pond.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010116153757.A1609@munchkin.spectacle-pond.org>; from meissner@spectacle-pond.org on Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 03:37:57PM -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 03:37:57PM -0500, Michael Meissner wrote: > don't assume that the way your system gets booted is the way everybody's does, > particularly those on platforms other than the x86. > > I must say, as a 5 year Linux user (and 23 year UNIX user/administrator), I do > get tired of having to hunt down and deal with each of these changes that come > up from time to time with Linux (ie, switching from ipfwadm to ipchains to > netfilter, or in this case reordering how scsi adapters/network adapters are > looked up). Bad example. netfilter does not force you to switch anything. You can just load the ipchains or even the ipfw module and use your old scripts. -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/