Hi,

1) They are not labeled
2) I don't know how to find out what their UUID is

An explanation on both - how to do this would be nice :)

On Friday 18 July 2008 20:31:37 Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
> Hi Noam,
>
> You have 2 options which you can use (and you can use them either
> manually or through /etc/fstab)
>
> 1. You can label the partitions and mount them using the labels (or
> manually using mount -L) or
> 2. You can use the mount with UUID (mount -U).
>
> See: http://linux.die.net/man/8/mount
>
> As for the switch, I think (not sure though) this happens when a
> device is recognized, the system assign /dev/ node for it, so  you can
> bypass it by playing with the /etc/udev stuff, although the easiest
> way to solve this issue IMHO would be like I wrote above.
>
> Hetz
>
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Noam Rathaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a strange problem where my external HD is assigned to /dev/sdb and
> > my SATA disk is assigned to /dev/sda
> >
> > But every once in a while, they decide to switch places (during boot),
> > any idea how I can "fix" this - so they do not switch places?
> >
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