On Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:10:02 +0100, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:46:13 -0400 (EDT), Walter Hurry wrote: >> On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:43:20 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: >>> >>> It is important that you *not* use traditional device nomenclature, >>> such as >>> >>> /dev/hda1 >>> /dev/sda1 >> >> Why? > > Two reasons. First, whether an IDE hard disk shows up as /dev/hda, > /dev/hdb, etc. or /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, etc. depends on which drivers are > being used. For example, the 2.6.32-3-686 kernel and earlier ones use > the traditional IDE drivers, with device names /dev/hda, /dev/hdb, etc. > The 2.6.32-5-686 and later kernels use the libata SCSI emulation > drivers, with device names /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, etc. > > Second, the devices are not necessarily discovered in the same order > every time with newer kernels. Let's say you have a system with one > hard disk and one CD-ROM drive. On one boot, your hard disk may be > assigned device name /dev/sda and the CD-ROM drive may be assigned the > device name /dev/sdb. But on the next boot, it is possible that the > CD-ROM drive may be assigned the device name /dev/sda and the hard disk > may be assigned the device name /dev/sdb. You can never be sure. By > using UUIDs or LABELs, you will always get the same physical partition > mounted as the root file system every time, regardless of what its > device name happens to be in the current boot. The same applies to > non-root file sytems in /etc/fstab (i.e. /boot, /home, etc.) > > -- > .''`. Stephen Powell > : :' : > `. `'` > `-
Thank you all for your helpful advice and info. I am giving up on squeeze because I get so many problems with building a series 3 kernel. I tried to download a kernel image from wheezy, but got problems when I tried to install the Debian package. I tried downloading and installing the dependencies, but putting a wheezy kernel onto a squeeze system did not work. So I have now downloaded the first DVD iso for wheeze and I shall try to install a series 3 kernel for that release. Again, thank you all for your help. -- Sian Mountbatten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/j8q4s0$m0k$1...@dont-email.me
