Re: Debian on a KVM switch

On 8/9/07, Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es> wrote:

On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 14:57:36 +0300, izlem Gozukeles wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a debian etch on a KVM (keyboard-video-monitor) switch:
> -- Computers share the cd-rom and usb floppy.
> -- there is a scsi disk
>
> Further, in bios settings user does not have any chance for disabling the
> usb floppy.
> So after install, I had /dev/sda for usb floppy and /dev/sdb for the disk.
>
> The problem is, when I disable the KVM through switch and reboot the
> computer,
> debian does not recognize the floppy naturally. However, at this time, it
> assigns /dev/sda for the disk and
> consequently reports that "there is not any file system on /dev/sdb"
>
> How can I workaround this problem?

Use volume labels instead of referring to device nodes in grub's
menu.lst and in /etc/fstab. Bob McGowan explained this nicely a while
ago:

http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/09/msg02915.html

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