-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 01/03/08 08:05, Stuart Gall wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jonathan Wilson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I have a computer with an Intel mainboard (I"ll look up the >> exact model later if it matters) running Etch. >> >> / is an 80G SATA on SATA1. /data is a 500G SATA drive on SATA2. >> >> >> I've never had any trouble with the system. >> >> I ran out of space on /data so I've installed a 3rd drive, >> 750G. I've only got 2 SATA ports left, 3 and 4. If I plug the >> new drive into either one, the machine boots, the bios >> recognizes the new drive just fine, the boot info shows sdc, >> but after all the drive and ethernet detection, I get the >> following message: [snip] >> >> Now, I guess I /can/ use this setup, and just modify /etc/fstab >> so that the thing will boot and mount properly on it's own, but >> I'd rather do something to it so that it doesn't get so >> confused about the order of the drives. The new drive should be >> sdc, and the old drives should be sda, and sdb, like they >> already were. >> >> Is there something I can do about this? To make the new drive >> be sdc, I mean? >> >> Thanks, >> >> JW > > Count yourself lucky. I have a system where the sata controllers > come up in random order. sda is sometimes moved to sde. > > You can only use LABEL= for ext2/ext3 filesystems. Not for swap. > So when my controllers get switched The system wont boot, drops > to ramfs.
Try "mkswap -L". But if you don't want to recreate your swap partitions, you can still refer to them by UUID. # tune2fs -l /dev/sda1 | grep UUID Then edit /etc/fstab: UUID="3324e03c-f071-47da-b5eb-3889836d802e" swap swap pri=1 0 0 > Is there no way to control the order that the sata controllers > get mapped ? Maybe, but labels and UUIDs obviate the need. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals, I'm a vegetarian because I hate vegetables!" unknown -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHfQQKS9HxQb37XmcRAoTBAKCms/Vk4kX/y8nouHZ5mnDzRr0/YwCgyIHK 0o/FWD84EPue4xHH21ywI8k= =mQnl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]