Ok, so this is what the scene is : linux-g78h:~ # ls -al /dev/disk/by-id/ total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 220 Jan 7 12:44 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 100 Jan 7 12:44 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 7 12:44 edd-int13_dev80 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 7 12:44 edd-int13_dev80-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 7 12:44 edd-int13_dev80-part2 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 7 12:44 edd-int13_dev80-part3 -> ../../sda3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 7 12:44 scsi-2221b000155f5d2d4 -> ../../sdb lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 7 12:44 scsi-2221b000155f5d2d4-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 7 12:44 scsi-2221b000155f5d2d4-part2 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 7 12:44 scsi-2221b000155f5d2d4-part3 -> ../../sda3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 7 12:44 usb-ASUS_CB-5216A_DEF10A4090DF -> ../../sr0 linux-g78h:~ # linux-g78h:~ # uname -a Linux linux-g78h 2.6.16.46-0.12-smp #1 SMP Thu May 17 14:00:09 UTC 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux linux-g78h:~ # linux-g78h:~ # cat /etc/grub.conf setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 (hd0,0) (hd0,0) quit linux-g78h:~ # linux-g78h:~ # cat /boot/grub/menu.lst # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Mon Jan 7 19:40:30 UTC 2008 default 0 timeout 8 ##YaST - generic_mbr gfxmenu (hd0,0)/message ##YaST - activate ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.16.46-0.12-smp root=/dev/sda2 vga=0x31a resume=/dev/sda3 showopts initrd /initrd-2.6.16.46-0.12-smp ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe### title Failsafe -- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.16.46-0.12-smp root=/dev/sda2 vga=normal showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 edd=off 3 initrd /initrd-2.6.16.46-0.12-smp ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 ORG root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.16.46-0.12-smp root=/dev/sda2 vga=0x31a resume=/dev/sda3 showopts initrd /initrd-2.6.16.46-0.org.12-smp So, I modified the fstab and menu.lst to replace all /dev/sdaX with /dev/scsi-2221b000155f5d2d4-partX. It won't boot. Any comments? Thanks and Regards, Pradipmaya. On Jan 7, 2008 1:57 PM, <malahal@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Pradipmaya Maharana [pradipmaya@xxxxxxxxx] wrote: > > I did exactly what you said for SLES 10.1, > > - Create custom partition > > - Created partitions for /boot, / and swap of 100MB, 5GB and 1024MB > > respectively on /dev/sda. So /dev/sda1 is for "/boot", /dev/sda2 for > > "/" and /dev/sda3 for "swap" > > - Under fstab option, selected Mount by device-id for each of the partition > > - Reboot is fine > > - But as I said earlier, mount, fstab, everything shows devcie names, not id > > > > Any way to mount it by device-id? > > Is there a way that it can be chaned after installation? Or re-install > > is the only way. > > I would just replace sd* names by their equivalent by-id names in fstab > and grub.conf. Do 'ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/*' to get the by-id names > corresponding to your named partitions' > > No need to re-install. > > > > -Malahal. > > -- > dm-devel mailing list > dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel > -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel