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Re: root device !reinitializes!



On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 02:39:40PM +0200, curtm notellingyou wrote:
> i am not quite sure what is going on, but my
> harddrive, managed by the libata + ata_piix drivers is
> randomly reinitialzing and after doing that no longer
> accessable for the kernel by its old name /dev/sda but
> /dev/sdb. this is indeed very strange, since it never
> has happend before. i am running etch with all updates
> that have gone out.

I'd guess its a sign of the drive beginning to fail. If you haven't,
install smartmontools and run some tests on the disk. 

> 
> has anyone ever had a same problem - maybe in the last
> days, when a kernel update went out it must be after
> 2.6.18-4-686?

try running an older kernel (assuming you have one lying around) and
see if that helps. That would help determine whether its hardware or
software problem. 

A

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