> Hi, > > I'm not sure if this needs to be filed as a bug and if it is, what > component to shove it under! > > My machine has 4 HDDs, 3 DVDs (one is a CDRW, one is a DVD, one is a > DVDRW), an internal zip and a floppy with card reader. > > /dev/sda and /dev/sdb are both on the motherboard IDE > /dev/sdc and /dev/sdd (DVDRW and DVD/CDRW) are on the motherboard > secondary IDE > > I have an IDE card in my machine as well which has the zip & DVD on one > channel and the other two hard drives on the other channel. The Zip is > set as master, DVD as secondary on their channel. > > For some reason, the two HDDs keep getting shifted in their drive > numbers. If I have in /etc/fstab > > /dev/sde1 /mp3 > /dev/sdf1 /web > > then things should be happy. But they're not. When I reboot, there is a > good change that they will be /dev/sdc1 and /dev/sdd1 or /dev/sdf1 > and /dev/sdg1 but it's rare that they're /dev/sde1 and /dev/sdf1. > > If I comment them out of fstab, then when I come to mount them, they are > *always* /dev/sde1 and /dev/sdf1 > > Any clues as to why this would be? No, but the best solution is to have fstab refer to them by label, not device name. I can't remember when this took effect, the little man on my shoulder says maybe fc7? > TTFN > > Paul > -- > Sie können mich aufreizen und wirklich hei� machen! > > -- > fedora-devel-list mailing list > fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list -- novus ordo absurdum -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
