On Sun, Aug 27, 2023 at 08:19:35PM +0200, Hans wrote: > Dear list, > > there is a little issue, which I try to solve. On my desptop computer I have > 4 > harddrives: > > SATA 0: HDD 300 GB with Debian + GRUB on MBR (parted in /boot, /, /home > (luks), /var (luks) and /usr (luks) > SATA 1: HDD 300 GB with Win10 > SATA 2: SDD 128 GB (as simple data storage) > SATA 3: HDD 1,5 TB (as simple data storage, splitted as 1TB encrypted and 500 > GB unencrypted) > > Now the issue: > > When I boot the system, then the drives are not mounted as set in /etc/fstab.
What is the content of the expected /etc/fstab? > For example, the SDD should mounted to /space, and the unencrypted HDD shall > be mounted to /daten. > > But it seems, sometimes the mountpoints are not correct, so the SDD is not > mounted to /space, but to /daten. > > Also some harddrives are not recognized at all and I then must boot several > times, that all drives and partitions are seen. > > Question one: Is this a problem of the BIOS and motherboard, or a kernel > problem? > > Question two: I remeber to have read, as soon as the kernel hast started (and > it is always starting) the BIOS has no more influence to the hardware. Is > this > correct? If yes, then it is definately a kernel issue. What can I do? Try to understand what is going on ... > I suppose, if this is a hardware issue (I am thinking of, that there is a > timing problem due to speed differences among the slow HDD and the fast SDD), > is there anything I can do (except of replacing the HDD with SDD)? Share with us the content of the /etc/fstab > Any hints welcome! Subject lines that express that some effort has been made. > Best regards > Hans Groeten Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse
