Re: [Bug 119233] Re: hard drive mount letters changed AGAIN

2008-05-31 Thread Mark
Rolf Leggewie wrote:
> ** Changed in: linux-meta (Ubuntu)
>Status: Incomplete => New
>
>   
Yes, this bug still exists on 8.04.  I had to switch to using UUID 
because the drive letters kept changing again at reboots.

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Re: [Bug 119233] Re: hard drive mount letters changed AGAIN

2007-09-27 Thread Mark
Brian Murray wrote:
> I'm not quite sure what you are looking for as "official tools or
> documentation" but you might find
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingUUID helpful and the command
> 'vol_id' which is part of the volumeid package.
>
>   
Here are my thoughts.

I find it unfortunate that when a person decides to buy a new hard 
drive, installs it into the computer and turns the machine on, nothing 
happens.

The drive is there, but there is no prompt to do anything.

Then the person thinks, hmm, maybe i need to start a program to do 
something to the drive.

Alas, there is no "default" utility in the system menus to install 
filesystem/mount it.  And, there is certainly no utility to mount it 
permanately in the fstab file.

So the person has o go read docs on what to do.  He finds a bunch of old 
stuff about hdb but that doesnt work because the kernel has changed all 
drives to sdx.  And he certainly doesnt find anything about how UUID works.

Just seems to me that there should be a standard gnome utility to take 
care of all of this.  A person shouldn't have to google for hours to 
figure out the installation of a hard drive.  And when the developers 
change hd to sd, they caused a huge issue with people who had drives 
defined "without UUID" in the fstab.  To switch 1 time is almost 
acceptable, but they switched to sd, then switched back, then switched 
back to sd.

my 2 cents.

Mark Ryan

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Re: [Bug 119233] Re: hard drive mount letters changed AGAIN

2007-09-26 Thread Mark
Brian Murray wrote:
> The installer should have used UUIDs instead of drive letters like
> /dev/hda or /dev/sda.  How exactly did you go about installing Ubuntu?
>
> ** Changed in: linux-meta (Ubuntu)
>Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
>   
It wasn't the install drive.  It was 2nd and 3rd drive.  UUID is a 
mystery when setting up additional drives.  Since there are no official 
tools or documentation.  Its been stable now, all drives have stayed sdx.

But, the there should be a tool to partition and assign UUID's to the 
fstab file when new drives are added.  Linux is still lacking in this 
respect.

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Re: [Bug 119233] Re: hard drive mount letters changed AGAIN

2007-06-08 Thread Mark
Sitsofe Wheeler wrote:
> Thank you for your bug report.
>
> Mark:
> Which kernel were you running previously?
> Which kernel are you running now?
> Can you include the output of
> cat /etc/fstab
> cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
> lspci -nn
> in this bug report?
>
> (BTW the /dev/ syntax is deprecated -
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-
> discuss/2007-June/001061.html )
>
>   
Old kernel: 2.6.20-15-generic
new kernel: 2.6.20-16-generic

Here is a txt file of the rest:


[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
#
proc/proc   procdefaults0   0
# /dev/sda1
UUID=7fdd436c-1f98-4147-a87f-c667e70186af /   ext3
defaults,errors=remount-ro 0   1
# /dev/sda5
UUID=635c36a8-d0fe-40f3-aa28-80f5b7c8034f noneswapsw
  0   0
/dev/scd0   /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0   0
/dev/hdb1   /mnt/sdb1   xfs defaults0   0
/dev/hdd1   /mnt/sdc1   xfs defaults0   0
/dev/sda1   /mnt/sdd1   xfs defaults0   0


[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
#grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
#grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
#and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not change this entry to 'saved' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default 0

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout 3

## hiddenmenu
# Hides the menu by default (press ESC to see the menu)
hiddenmenu

# Pretty colours
#color cyan/blue white/blue

## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line)  and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
#  password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret

#
# examples
#
# title Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root  (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader   +1
#
# title Linux
# root  (hd0,1)
# kernel/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
##  kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
##  kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=UUID=7fdd436c-1f98-4147-a87f-c667e70186af ro

## Setup crashdump menu entries
## e.g. crashdump=1
# crashdump=0

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,0)

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
##  alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
##  lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
##  lockold=true
# lockold=false

## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=

## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
##  altoptions=(recovery) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
##  howmany=7
# howmany=all

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
##  memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## ## End Default Options ##

title   Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-16-generic
root(hd0,0)
kernel  /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-generic 
root=UUID=7fdd