P.V.Anthony, mused, then expounded: > > Currently in the fstab the boot and root partitions are set and working > great. Once a new sata drive connected, the drive assignments change. > Initially the / (root) is /dev/sda2. Once another sata drive is added > the / (root) becomes say /dev/sdb2. > > Is there any way that this can be fixed even when more drives are added > or removed? >
Typically, on the same controller, the lowest numbered port becomes the first drive. The description of the symptom leads me to believe that your /dev/sda drive is attached to port 2 instead of being attached to port 1. Have you tried moving your SATA cable to a different port? Bob - -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list
