Hi, After an update of my kernel to 2.6.17 my machine only boots at random. I have googled for a solution and it appears that it happens because of the way the harddisks are found during startup . The solution described involves using lables in fstab and grub (menu.lst).
But whatever I do, I cannot find a way to add labels in my fstab an grub that actually work. Can anyone tell me what I have to do to make my machine boot reliable using labels with fstab/grub? I have tried to add labels to both fstab and menu.lst but a reboot failed miserably.... Excerpt from my menu.lst title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.17-2-amd64 root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-2-amd64 root=/dev/sda1 ro initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-2-amd64 savedefault My fstab: # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/sda1 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/sdb1 /var ext3 defaults 0 2 /dev/sdc1 /home xfs defaults 0 2 /dev/sdc2 /pgdata xfs defaults 0 2 /dev/sda5 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 TIA -- Groeten, Joost Kraaijeveld Askesis B.V. Molukkenstraat 14 6524NB Nijmegen tel: 024-3888063 / 06-51855277 fax: 024-3608416 web: www.askesis.nl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
