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On 01/03/2011 07:43 PM, Jörg Schaible wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> starting with the 2.6.36-r5 kernel of the Gentoo sources my boot device |
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> changes. With 2.6.35 and below it is alway /dev/sda3, with the new kernel it |
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> seems that anything that is internally connected with USB is assigned a |
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> device first. Since my computer has an internal media bay (and my monitor |
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> has such a thing also) the first HD moves - it I take care it is now |
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> /dev/sde3. However, if I forget to switch on the monitor and do this later |
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> or if an USB stick is already plugged in at boot time, the HD gets a |
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> different device number again. |
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> Can somebody else confirm such a behaviour with the 2.6.36 kernel and how |
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> can this brought back to normal operation? |
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This has been solved long ago: Label your filesystems and mount them by |
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label. For example, don't put "/dev/sda3" in your fstab, but label that |
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filesystem with a name like "root_fs" and use |
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"/dev/disk/by-label/root_fs" in fstab. |
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Ext2/3/4 filesystem can be labeled with the "e2label" tool. For example: |
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e2label /dev/sda3 root_fs |
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After that, modify your fstab accordingly. |
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