>> Got udev? >> >> /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3802110A_5LR13RN7-partX could be your friend. > > Almost. It would alternate between "ata-" and "scsi-". Well then label your partitions and use /dev/disk/by-label/ (harhar...) You can also try by-uuid (FS UUID) (a214ecf5-6e06-47a8-bc6d-9cd9d6f10cd6) or by-path (pci-0000:00:1f.1-ide-0:0-part1). Jan Engelhardt -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html