Re: External hdd changing device node mid-use

2010-12-22 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Nope, it was a faulty cable after all. I am not sure, but it seems to be working now. Plus I got to learn something about udev. Regards, Panayiotis On 12/21/2010 04:37 PM, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: 2/ turned out to be the case. Regards, Panayiotis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: External hdd changing device node mid-use

2010-12-21 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
2/ turned out to be the case. Regards, Panayiotis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4d10bba4.4070...@gmail.com

Re: External hdd changing device node mid-use

2010-12-21 Thread Jimmy Johnson
Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: Hmm, it seems to be a power issue. I had a usb hub connected to the same bus and I disconnected it. Since then there have been no problems. Regards, Panayiotis Best way to get persistent name for USB device is to use UUID and add it to your fstab, 'blkid'

Re: External hdd changing device node mid-use

2010-12-20 Thread Juha Tuuna
On 20.12.2010 9:15, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: I have an external usb 2.0 LG hard disk. It is part of an md array which is in turn part of an lvm array. The strange thing is that while the drive is in use, it will suddenly change device nodes, for example from /dev/sda to /dev/sdb. This will

Re: External hdd changing device node mid-use

2010-12-20 Thread Alex Mestiashvili
Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: I have an external usb 2.0 LG hard disk. It is part of an md array which is in turn part of an lvm array. The strange thing is that while the drive is in use, it will suddenly change device nodes, for example from /dev/sda to /dev/sdb. This will cause the md driver

Re: External hdd changing device node mid-use

2010-12-20 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 09:15:58 +0200, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: I have an external usb 2.0 LG hard disk. It is part of an md array which is in turn part of an lvm array. The strange thing is that while the drive is in use, it will suddenly change device nodes, for example from /dev/sda to

Re: External hdd changing device node mid-use

2010-12-20 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Thanks all. I tried toying with udev to create a persistent node name, but to no avail. The problem seem to be that the hdd is periodically disconnecting. By the time it has disconnected, it is too late. Md has already faulted the device. If anyone has any ideas about preventing the drive from

Re: External hdd changing device node mid-use

2010-12-20 Thread Johann Spies
On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 06:58:55AM +0200, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: Thanks all. I tried toying with udev to create a persistent node name, but to no avail. The problem seem to be that the hdd is periodically disconnecting. By the time it has disconnected, it is too late. Md has already

Re: External hdd changing device node mid-use

2010-12-20 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Hmm, it seems to be a power issue. I had a usb hub connected to the same bus and I disconnected it. Since then there have been no problems. Regards, Panayiotis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: External hdd changing device node mid-use

2010-12-20 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 21 Dec 2010 06:58:55 +0200, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: Thanks all. I tried toying with udev to create a persistent node name, but to no avail. The problem seem to be that the hdd is periodically disconnecting. By the time it has disconnected, it is too late. Md has already faulted

External hdd changing device node mid-use

2010-12-19 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
I have an external usb 2.0 LG hard disk. It is part of an md array which is in turn part of an lvm array. The strange thing is that while the drive is in use, it will suddenly change device nodes, for example from /dev/sda to /dev/sdb. This will cause the md driver to mark it as faulty. This