[mdlug] Reordeing IDE drives in a system

[Mathew Enders]

Is it possible to reorder the drives in a system.  I want to do this so
I can eliminate using an add on IDE card as I believe that to be the
source of my problems.
This is the current configuration:

ARDVARC:~# cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
/dev/hda3       /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
/dev/hdc1       /home/staff     ext3    defaults        0       2
/dev/hde1       /home/stdnt     ext3    defaults        0       2
/dev/hdg1       /staffbak       ext3    defaults        0       2
/dev/hdg2       /stdntbak       ext3    defaults        0       2
/dev/hda2       /var            ext3    defaults        0       2
/dev/hda1       none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/hdb        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
/dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto  0       0
ARDVARC:~#                                                         

As you can see the drives are currently hda, hdc, hde, and hdg.  I want to 
physically rearrange the drives so they would become this:

hda = hda
hdc = hdb
hde = hdc
hdg = hdd

Is this possible by just moving the drives around then editing fstab so the 
new partions match the mount points.
Like this:

ARDVARC:~# cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
/dev/hda3       /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
/dev/hdb1       /home/staff     ext3    defaults        0       2
/dev/hdc1       /home/stdnt     ext3    defaults        0       2
/dev/hdd1       /staffbak       ext3    defaults        0       2
/dev/hdd2       /stdntbak       ext3    defaults        0       2
/dev/hda2       /var            ext3    defaults        0       2
/dev/hda1       none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/hde        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
/dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto  0       0
ARDVARC:~#                                                         

TIA
Mat Enders