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On Monday 12 March 2007 17:00:09 Bob Sanders wrote: |
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> P.V.Anthony, mused, then expounded: |
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> > Currently in the fstab the boot and root partitions are set and working |
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> > great. Once a new sata drive connected, the drive assignments change. |
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> > Initially the / (root) is /dev/sda2. Once another sata drive is added |
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> > the / (root) becomes say /dev/sdb2. |
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> > |
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> > Is there any way that this can be fixed even when more drives are added |
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> > or removed? |
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> |
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> Typically, on the same controller, the lowest numbered port becomes the |
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> first drive. The description of the symptom leads me to believe that |
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> your /dev/sda drive is attached to port 2 instead of being attached to |
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> port 1. Have you tried moving your SATA cable to a different port? |
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I had the same problem and despite my existing drive being connected to what |
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was labelled on the motherboard as SATA1 it in fact was not! Trial and error |
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gave me the correct one... It would be useful if the nodes were more fixed |
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but most systems do not change after initial set up and this situation can be |
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fixed quite easily. |
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