Andrei Popescu <[email protected]> writes: > On Fri,28.May.10, 10:07:38, Paul Chany wrote: >> Sven Joachim <[email protected]> writes: >> > >> > The new kernel is probably using libata instead of the old IDE drivers, >> > which means that your hard disk is called /dev/sda rather than /dev/hda. >> > You should use labels or UUIDs in /etc/fstab if you want to use both the >> > old and the new kernel. The linux-base package from sid can help you >> > with the conversion. >> >> I want to use only the newest kernel version 2.6.32-3-486. >> What can I do in this case? > > It might be enough to replace all instances of hdaX with the > corresponding sdaX, but UUID or labels are much safer anyway. I think > linux-base (pointed out by Sven) will even automate (most of) the > transition.
If I change in fstab all instances of hdaX to sdaX and after reboot can't get the running system it would be bad. In that case shall I have the opportunity to fix the problem? On Squeeze how can i install linux-base package from SID? (Sorry, this should be another threade..) -- Regards, Paul Chany You can freely correct my English. http://csanyi-pal.info -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
