2008/8/12 Shachar Or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tuesday 12 August 2008 02:04, Aniruddha wrote: >> Regularly my hard disk device names change ( e.g. from sdc to sdh to sdb >> etc). When this happens it becomes impossible to boot. >> >> To prevent this from happening I 've added 'disk/by id' to fstab >> (because the disks uuid were also changing) and 'boot from uuid' to my >> menu.lst I wonder: > > The UUID's belong to the filesystems, not the disks. I've never heard of them > changing between reboots. Use the blkid command to see them. Here's my fstab: > > # /etc/fstab: static file system information. > # > # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> > proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 > UUID="f94f5a03-67ca-4932-a9d5-2328776c6285" /boot ext3 defaults > UUID="8a4fb183-7092-4041-af8f-41158e356df1" / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro > 0 1 > UUID="4833592d-6afa-46c2-8c7c-35b85c7ac4ea" none swap sw 0 0 > /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,utf8 0 0 > > # backup HDD > UUID="a38d9a47-e26d-4e0f-8c73-24f30decd052" /mnt/backup_hdd ext3 > defaults,noauto 0 0 > >> >> -What is the best way to prevent the device names change from happening? >> -If it happens what is the best way to quickly fix this problem? >> >> Regards, >> >> Aniruddha > > -- > Shachar Or | שחר אור > http://ox.freeallweb.org/
I used get it occasionally if I had usb mass storage device plugged in when the computer was booted. -- rob http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/team/viewTeamInfo.do?teamId=82BS4ZCMFR1
